Oxford Encyclopedia Of Evolution

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Oxford University Press

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2002

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9780195187601

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A comprehensive guide to the essentials of evolutionary biology, these entries by leading experts survey essential concepts and theories, present methods, models and findings, and discuss both the history of the field and current controversies. Readers will find brief treatments on discrete concepts and individuals to illuminating lengthy essays by towering figures in the field. Topics include: Darwin, natural selection, human origins, behavioral ecology, diversity, mathematical models, and cell and developmental biology.
Front Cover.
Half Title Page.
Editorial Board.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
Contents.
Editorial and Production Staff.
List of Articles.
Topical Outline of Articles.
Preface.
1: Overview Essays: States of Evolution.
2: Introduction.
3: History of Evolutionary Thought.
4: The Major Transitions in Evolution.
5: Macroevolution.
6: Culture in Chimpanzees.
7: Human Genetic and Linguistic Diversity.
8: Motherhood.
9: Darwinian Medicine.
10: Genomics and the Dawn of Proteomics.
11: The New Replicators.
12: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome.
13: Origins and Phylogeny of HIV.
14: Dynamics of HIV Transmission and Infection.
15: Adaptation.
16: Agriculture.
17: Origins of Agriculture.
18: Spread of Agriculture.
19: Alarm Calls.
20: Algae.
21: Alloparental Care.
22: Altruism.
23: Amphibians.
24: Ancient DNA.
25: Animals.
26: Antibiotic Resistance.
27: Origins, Mechanisms, and Extent of Resistance.
28: Epidemiological Considerations.
29: Strategies for Managing Resistance.
30: Apoptosis.
31: Archaeological Inference.
32: Art.
33: An Overview.
34: An Adaptive Function?.
35: Arthropods.
36: Artificial Life.
37: Artificial Selection.
38: Assortative Mating.
39: Atavisms.
40: Bacteria and Archaea.
41: Basic Reproductive Rate (R0).
42: Biogeography.
43: Island Biogeography.
44: Vicariance Biogeography.
45: Human Influences on Biogeography.
46: Bioinformatics.
47: Biological Warfare.
48: Birds.
49: Body Plans.
50: Brain Size Evolution.
51: Buffon, Georges-Louis Leclerc.
52: C. Elegans.
53: Cain, Arthur James.
54: Cambrian Explosion.
55: Canalization.
56: Cancer.
57: Cell Evolution.
58: Cell Lineage.
59: Cell-Type Number and Complexity.
60: Cellular Organelles.
61: Character Displacement.
62: Chromosomes.
63: Classification.
64: Clonal Structure.
65: An Overview.
66: Population Structure and Clonality of Bacteria.
67: Population Structure and Clonality of Protozoa.
68: Cloning.
69: Cnidarians.
70: Coalescent
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