The Evolution of Life
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 4 December 2014
- ISBN 9780198712572
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages496 pages
- Size 266x195x19 mm
- Weight 1042 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 210 full colour 0
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Short description:
The Evolution of Life focuses on key principles to offer a truly accessible, unintimidating treatment of evolutionary biology. With adaptation through natural selection as its central theme, the book adopts a lucid, crystal-clear narrative to explain the mechanism of evolution and its main outcomes.
MoreLong description:
The Evolution of Life stands alone amongst the major textbooks by focusing on key principles to offer a truly accessible, unintimidating treatment of evolutionary biology.
With adaptation through natural selection - how the integrated complexity of living organisms comes about - as its central theme, the book adopts a lucid, crystal-clear narrative to explain the mechanism of evolution and its main outcomes.
Chapters are grouped into six themed parts - basics, history, origins, adaptation, selection, and interaction - and the text is regularly interspersed with descriptive headings that set out a clear path through the subject.
The Evolution of Life is written to instil a true understanding of the essential principles of evolutionary biology without that understanding being compromised by peripheral detail. As such, it is the ideal introduction for any student encountering this fascinating subject for the first time.
Online Resource Centre
The Evolution of Life is supported by the following online resources:
For registered adopters:
- Figures from the book in electronic format for use in lectures
- A set of exam questions for each chapter
- Journal Clubs: discussion questions that guide students through research papers related to each chapter
For students:
- Programs and interactive spreadsheets related to activities posed in the book
Table of Contents:
Section 1: Basics
The evidence for evolution
The engine of evolution
Section 2: History
The tree of life
The diversity of life
The ancestry of life
Section 3: Origins
The origin of variation
The origin of species
The origin of innovation
Section 4: Adaptation
Adaptation and evolved design
Evolving bodies
The dynamic genome
Section 5: Selection
Artificial selection
Experimental evolution
Selection in natural populations
Section 6: Interaction
Sexual selection
Cooperation and conflict
Symbiosis and struggle
