| Prologue |
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Molecular resolution of old systematic problems |
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4 | (1) |
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Irreversibility: prior adaptation as subsequent constraint |
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5 | (1) |
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6 | (1) |
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7 | (28) |
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7 | (1) |
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A brief description of evolutionary biology |
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How evolutionary biologists think |
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Evolutionary change: adaptive and neutral |
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9 | (4) |
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Information replicators and material interactors |
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13 | (1) |
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13 | (5) |
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Principles of genetic information transmission |
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18 | (4) |
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Principles of phenotypic design for reproductive success |
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22 | (6) |
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28 | (1) |
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Microevolution and macroevolution |
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29 | (1) |
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29 | (1) |
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30 | (1) |
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30 | (1) |
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31 | (1) |
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Landmarks in evolutionary biology |
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31 | (4) |
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35 | (21) |
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35 | (1) |
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Examples of natural selection and methods used to detect it |
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36 | (9) |
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The ways of classifying selection |
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45 | (6) |
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The strength of selection and the rate of evolutionary response |
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51 | (1) |
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The context-dependence of selection |
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52 | (1) |
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53 | (1) |
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54 | (1) |
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54 | (1) |
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55 | (1) |
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56 | (15) |
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56 | (1) |
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The relationship between genetic variation and fitness |
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56 | (1) |
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Experimental evolution in Escherichia coli |
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57 | (3) |
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Reasons for no correlation between genetic variation and fitness |
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60 | (1) |
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Mechanisms that cause random evolutionary change |
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61 | (5) |
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66 | (1) |
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The significance of genetic drift in molecular evolution |
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67 | (2) |
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69 | (1) |
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70 | (1) |
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70 | (1) |
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Evolution as changes in the genetic composition of populations |
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71 | (22) |
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71 | (1) |
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Genetic systems: sexual and asexual, haploid and diploid |
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72 | (3) |
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Population genetic change under selection |
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75 | (4) |
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Implications of population genetics for evolutionary biology |
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79 | (2) |
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Quantitative genetic change under selection |
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81 | (6) |
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Evolutionary implications of quantitative genetics |
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87 | (2) |
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Population and quantitative genetics are being integrated |
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89 | (2) |
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91 | (1) |
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91 | (1) |
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92 | (1) |
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The origin and maintenance of genetic variation |
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93 | (19) |
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93 | (1) |
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Mutation generates genetic variation |
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94 | (1) |
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The effect of recombination on genetic variability |
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95 | (1) |
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The amount of genetic variation in natural populations |
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96 | (4) |
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Equilibrium models of the maintenance of genetic variation |
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100 | (1) |
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Genetic diversity at mutation--drift balance |
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100 | (1) |
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Genetic diversity at mutation--selection balance |
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101 | (2) |
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Genetic diversity at a balance of different selection forces |
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103 | (4) |
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Genetic diversity of complex quantitative traits |
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107 | (3) |
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110 | (1) |
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111 | (1) |
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111 | (1) |
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The expression of variation |
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112 | (23) |
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112 | (5) |
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Induced responses: one genotype can produce several phenotypes |
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117 | (1) |
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Methods for analyzing patterns of gene expression |
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118 | (6) |
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Genotype and phenotype are sometimes only loosely coupled |
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124 | (1) |
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Reasons for loose coupling of genotype and phenotype |
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125 | (1) |
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Genes controlling developmental patterns are broadly shared |
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126 | (3) |
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Seasonal polyphenism in butterflies |
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129 | (2) |
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Adaptive plasticity regulated by plant phytochromes |
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131 | (1) |
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132 | (2) |
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134 | (1) |
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134 | (1) |
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135 | (17) |
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135 | (3) |
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Variation in sexual life cycles |
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138 | (2) |
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Patterns of sexual distribution |
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140 | (1) |
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141 | (2) |
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The evolutionary maintenance of sex: theoretical ideas |
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143 | (4) |
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The evolutionary maintenance of sex: empirical evidence |
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147 | (2) |
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149 | (1) |
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150 | (1) |
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151 | (1) |
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151 | (1) |
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The evolution of life histories and sex ratios |
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152 | (26) |
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152 | (2) |
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The evolutionary explanation of how organisms are designed |
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154 | (2) |
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The evolution of age and size at maturation |
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156 | (2) |
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The evolution of clutch size and reproductive investment |
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158 | (6) |
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The evolution of life span and aging |
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164 | (4) |
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The evolution of sex allocation |
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168 | (7) |
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175 | (1) |
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176 | (1) |
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176 | (2) |
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178 | (20) |
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178 | (3) |
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How did sexual selection originate? |
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181 | (1) |
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182 | (2) |
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184 | (5) |
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Evidence for sexual selection |
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189 | (3) |
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What determines the strength of sexual selection? |
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192 | (3) |
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Sexual selection in plants |
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195 | (1) |
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Sexual selection on gametes: sperm competition and choice by eggs |
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195 | (1) |
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Alternative explanations of sexual dimorphism |
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196 | (1) |
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196 | (1) |
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197 | (1) |
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197 | (1) |
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Multilevel selection and genomic conflict |
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198 | (16) |
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198 | (1) |
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Multilevel natural selection |
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198 | (3) |
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Two-level selection and genomic conflict |
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201 | (2) |
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Genomic conflict in asexual systems |
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203 | (1) |
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Genomic conflict in sexual systems |
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204 | (3) |
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The cytoplasm as battleground for genomic conflicts |
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207 | (5) |
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Importance of genomic conflicts in evolution |
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212 | (1) |
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212 | (1) |
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213 | (1) |
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213 | (1) |
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214 | (18) |
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214 | (1) |
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215 | (4) |
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219 | (9) |
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The experimental evidence |
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228 | (1) |
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229 | (1) |
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230 | (1) |
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230 | (2) |
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232 | (21) |
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232 | (8) |
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240 | (1) |
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241 | (3) |
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Molecular data and homoplasy |
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244 | (3) |
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The theory and rationale of tree building |
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247 | (3) |
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The genealogy of genes and the phylogeny of species |
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250 | (1) |
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251 | (1) |
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251 | (1) |
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251 | (2) |
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The history of life I: the evolutionary theater |
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253 | (27) |
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253 | (1) |
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253 | (7) |
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260 | (9) |
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Local geological catastrophes |
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269 | (2) |
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The mass extinctions: when, who and how |
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271 | (3) |
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Patterns of stasis, speciation, and morphological change |
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274 | (3) |
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277 | (1) |
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278 | (1) |
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278 | (2) |
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The history of life II: key events in evolution |
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280 | (12) |
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280 | (1) |
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281 | (2) |
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The evolution of chromosomes |
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283 | (1) |
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The origin of multicellularity |
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284 | (1) |
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The evolution of reproductive and non-reproductive units: germ line and soma |
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285 | (1) |
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Principles involved in key evolutionary events |
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286 | (4) |
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290 | (1) |
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291 | (1) |
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291 | (1) |
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Molecular insights into history |
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292 | (24) |
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292 | (1) |
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Deep time: From the first bacteria to the first eucaryotes |
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293 | (4) |
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The evolution of developmental mechanisms |
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297 | (6) |
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African Eve and polymorphisms in genes for immune response |
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303 | (7) |
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Recent human migrations and colonizations |
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310 | (4) |
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314 | (1) |
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314 | (1) |
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315 | (1) |
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316 | (15) |
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316 | (1) |
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Examples of phylogenetic trait analysis |
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317 | (4) |
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An example of comparative trend analysis |
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321 | (2) |
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Species are not independent samples |
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323 | (5) |
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General comments on comparative methods |
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328 | (1) |
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329 | (1) |
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329 | (1) |
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330 | (1) |
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331 | (10) |
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The reality and reliability of evolution |
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331 | (1) |
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Evolutionary biology has a complex causal structure |
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331 | (1) |
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Evolution is happening all around us---and to us |
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332 | (1) |
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The scope of evolutionary explanation |
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332 | (1) |
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The major preoccupations of evolutionary biology |
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333 | (1) |
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Two major puzzles: the fixed and the variable |
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334 | (1) |
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335 | (1) |
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What are the limits to evolutionary prediction? |
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336 | (1) |
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337 | (1) |
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338 | (1) |
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339 | (1) |
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340 | (1) |
| Glossary |
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341 | (8) |
| Literature cited |
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349 | (18) |
| Index |
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