Strickberger's evolution : the integration of genes, organisms and populations /
Brian K. Hall, Benedikt Hallgrimsson.
- 4th ed.
- Sudbury, Mass. : Jones and Bartlett, c2008.
- xv, 760 p. ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 29 cm.
Rev. ed. of: Evolution / Monroe W. Strickberger. 3rd ed. c2000.
1. Historical framework, evolution as science: Before Darwin; 2. Darwin and natural selection; 3. Arguments and the evidence for evolution ; 4. Origins, the enormity of time: Origins of cosmic structures and chemical elements; 5. Origin of Earth; 6. Molecules, protocells and natural selection; 7. From molecules to life; 8. Origins of cells and the first organisms ; 9. Organic framework, genes cell and development: Cell division, Mendelian genetics, and sex determination; 10. Chromosomes, mutation, gene regulation and variation; 11. Species, phylogeny and classification; 12. Genes and phylogenetic relationships; 13. Genes, development and evolution ; 14. Organisms, the diversity of life: Evolution of plants and fungi; 15. Animals and their origin; 16. Evolution among the invertebrates; 17. Chordate and vertebrate origins; 18. From water to land to air, amphibians and amniotes; 19. Evolution of mammals; 20. Primate evolution and the human origins ; 21. Populations and speciation, changes within and between species: Populations, gene frequencies and equilibrium; 22. Changes to gene frequencies; 23. Structure and maintenance of populations; 24. From populations to species ; 25. Evolution and society, past, present and future, society and religion: Cultural and human-directed evolution; 26. Belief, religion and evolution ; 27. Glossary.