Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Biology is the definitive go-to reference in the field of evolutionary biology. It provides a fully comprehensive review of the field in an easy to search structure. Under the collective leadership of fifteen distinguished section editors, it is comprised of articles written by leading experts in the field, providing a full review of the current status of each topic. The articles are up to date, fully illustrated and include in-text references allowing readers to easily access the primary literature if they wish to. While all entries are authoritative and valuable to those with advanced understanding of evolutionary biology, they are also intended to be accessible in good part to advanced undergraduate and graduate students. Broad topics include the history of evolutionary biology; population genetics; quantitative genetics; speciation; life history evolution; evolution of sex and mating systems; evolutionary biogeography; evolutionary developmental biology; molecular and genome evolution; coevolution; phylogenetic methods; microbial evolution; diversification of plants and fungi; diversification of animals; and applied evolution. Fully comprehensive, allows easy access to fundamental information as well as links to primary research Concise articles by leading experts in the field ensure a current coverage of each topic Text is enriched by tables, illustration and multimedia features INDICE: 1. Microevolution: Population genetics, Quantitative genetics 2. Natural selection and adaptation, Natural theory 3. Speciation and Hybridization: Species concepts, Mechanisms of speciation, Hybridization 4. Macroevolution: Homology, Evo-devo, Organellar evoluation 5. Paleontology and fossil record 6. Evolutionary Ecology and Coevolution: Symbiosis, Less-direct coevolution, Evolution of mating systems 7. Biogeography, Phylogeography 8. Molecular and Genome Evolution: Point Mutation, Models of molecular evolution, Gene origin and evolution, Genome evolution 9. Systematics: Phylogenetic methods, Classification methods, Tree of Life 10. Origin of Life: History, Current hypotheses 11. Sex and Recombination: Evolution of sex, Persistence of sex 12. Human/Primate Evolution: Phylogeny, Current knowledge, Biomedical insights 13. Domestication: Historical examples, Leveraging (e.g., dog genetics) 14. History of Evolutionary Thought: Pre-Darwin, Darwin and contemporaries, Early 20th century conflicts, Modern synthesis, Molecular revolution 15. Creationism and Societal Issues: Types of creationism, Legal history
- ISBN: 978-0-12-800049-6
- Editorial: Academic Press
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 2400
- Fecha Publicación: 01/05/2016
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
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