Evolution / Colin Patterson.

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Online Access: Full Text (via Internet Archive)
Main Author: Patterson, Colin
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: [London] : Ithaca, N.Y. : British Museum (Natural History) ; Cornell University Press, 1978.
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Table of Contents:
  • Species
  • Polymorphism
  • Variation under domestication
  • Heredity
  • Mendel's theory
  • The chromosone theory
  • DNA and the genetic code
  • Mutation
  • Polyploidy
  • Natural selection theory
  • Selection in action
  • Sickle-cell anaemia
  • Industrial melanism
  • Resistance to antibiotics
  • The origin of the species
  • Speciation in the Galapagos Islands
  • Fauna of the Galapagos
  • Galapagos reptiles
  • Galapagos birds
  • Galapagos history and species
  • Evolution beyond the species level
  • Classification
  • Fossils and geology
  • Molecular evolution
  • Is evolution science?
  • Alternative theories
  • The origin and early evolution of life
  • Prokaryotes and eukaryotes
  • The origin of sex
  • Evolution and man
  • Sociobiology
  • Human nature.