TY - BOOK AU - Hall,Brian Keith AU - Hallgr�imsson,Benedikt AU - Strickberger,Monroe W. TI - Strickberger's evolution: the integration of genes, organisms and populations SN - 9780763700669 (alk. paper) AV - QH366.2 .S78 2008 U1 - 576.8 22 PY - 2008/// CY - Sudbury, Mass. PB - Jones and Bartlett KW - Evolution (Biology) N1 - Rev. ed. of: Evolution / Monroe W. Strickberger. 3rd ed. c2000; Includes bibliographical references (p. 674-706) and index; PART 1: THE HISTORICAL FRAMEWORK: EVOLUTION AS SCIENCE: Before Darwin -- Darwin and natural selection -- The arguments and the evidence for evolution -- PART 2: ORIGINS: THE ENORMITY OF TIME: The origins of cosmic structures and chemical elements -- Origin of Earth -- Molecules, protocells and natural selection -- From molecules to life -- Origins of ciells and the first organisms -- PART 3:THE ORGANIC FRAMEWORK: GENES CELLS AND DEVELOPMENT: Cell division, Mendelian genetics, and sex determination -- Chromosomes, mutation, gene regulation and variation -- Species, phylogeny and classification -- Genes and phylo genetic relationships -- Genes, development and evolution -- PART 4: THE ORGANISMS: THE DIVERSITY OF LIFE: Evolution of plants and fungi -- Animals and their origin -- Evolution among the invertebrates -- Chordate and vertebrate origins -- From water to land to air: amphibians and amniotes -- Evolution of mammals -- Primate evolution and the human origins -- PART 5: POPULATION AND SPECIATION: CHANGES WITHIN AND BETWEEN SPECIES: Populations and speciation: changes within and between species -- Populations, gene frequencies and equilibrium -- Changes to gene frequencies -- Structure and maintenance of populations -- From populations to species -- PART 6: EVOLUTION AND SOCIETY: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE; SOCIETY AND RELIGION: Cultural and human-directed evolution -- Belief, religion and evolution -- Glossary UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0712/2007008981.html ER -