Evolution

This volume reviews our current understanding for how sex determination is initiated and how it results in sexual dimorphic development.

The marriage of evolutionary biology with developmental biology has resulted in the formation of a new field, evolutionary developmental biology, or "e;evo-devo.

This Element summarizes decades of research concerning the respiratory structures of Paleozoic blastozoan echinoderms.

'Share[s] the life-enhancing joys of the humble hen' Sunday Times'Clocks our obsession with chicken-keeping .

This Element summarizes decades of research concerning the respiratory structures of Paleozoic blastozoan echinoderms.

This book presents an evolutionary theory of the origin and step-by-step development of linguistic structures and cognitive abilities from the early stages of anthropogenesis to the Upper Paleolithic.

Patterns of evolution, as illustrated by the fossil record

This Element summarizes decades of research concerning the homology hypotheses structures of Echinodermata.

A major new look at how Africa's geological history, climate, geography and biology resulted in the wonderful diversity of life found there.

This is a tale of human obsession, one intrepid tuna, the dedicated fisherman who caught and set her free, the promises and limits of ocean science and the big truth of how our insatiable appetite for bluefin transformed a cottage industry into a global dilemma.

This book offers a comprehensive exploration of the major key concepts common to economics and evolutionary biology.

This book contests the general view that natural selection constitutes the explanatory core of evolutionary biology.

A major biography of the brilliant naturalist, traveler, humanitarian, and codiscoverer of natural selectionAlfred Russel Wallace (18231913) was perhaps the most famed naturalist of the Victorian age.

New viral diseases are emerging continuously.

Current state of play in astrobiology, including exoplanets and their atmospheres, habitable zones and the likelihood of evolution elsewhere.

The human foot is a unique and defining characteristic of our anatomy.

Nanotechnology is the application of science to control matter at the molecular level.

In 1929, Charles Upson Clark (1875-1960), a history Professor at Columbia University carrying out bibliographic research on the early history of the Americas in the Vatican Library, came across a remarkable illustrated Latin manuscript entitled Libellus de Medicinalibus Indorum Herbis (Little Book of Indian Medicinal Herbs) completed in 1552.

The hidden talents approach opens new perspectives for educators, policy makers, families, and youth to reframe the effects of adversity.

In the pursuit of technological advancement in the field of biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries to counteract health issues, bacterial infections remain a major cause of morbidity and mortality.

The data of evolutionary biology have changed in a very radical way in recent years, the most significant input to this revolution being the advances made in developmental genetics.

Sperm Competition and Sexual Selection presents the intricate ways in which sperm compete to fertilize eggs and how this has prompted reinterpretations of breeding behavior.

This early work by Alfred Russel Wallace was originally published in 1889 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography.

Almost all evolutionary biologists, indeed all biologists, use particular features to study life.

The use of DNA and other biological macromolecules has revolutionized systematic studies of evolutionary history.

Amniote Origins integrates modern systematic methods with studies of functional and physiological processes, and illustrates how studies of paleobiology can be illuminated by studies of neonatology.

Geometric Morphometrics for Biologists is an introductory textbook for a course on geometric morphometrics, written for graduate students and upper division undergraduates, covering both theory of shape analysis and methods of multivariate analysis.

From humans to hermit crabs to deep water plankton, all living things compete for locally limiting resources.

The essential one-volume reference to evolutionThe Princeton Guide to Evolution is a comprehensive, concise, and authoritative reference to the major subjects and key concepts in evolutionary biology, from genes to mass extinctions.

A revolutionary approach to the study of cooperation that unites evolutionary biology and the social sciencesFrom the family to the workplace to the marketplace, every facet of our lives is shaped by cooperative interactions.

The Teeth of Non-Mammalian Vertebrates: Form, Function, Development and Growth, Second Edition is devoted to the teeth and dentitions of living fishes, amphibians, and reptiles.

An innovative view of the role of fitness concepts in evolutionary theory.

Origins of Life on the Earth and in the Cosmos, Second Edition, suggests answers to the age-old questions of how life arose in the universe and how it might arise elsewhere.

A new account of the central role developmental processes play in evolutionA new scientific view of evolution is emergingone that challenges and expands our understanding of how evolution works.

This book explores the global technological transformations that have shaped development of society for eons, from the emergence of Homo sapiens to the modern day.

This is the first high-quality, comprehensive overview of the field of evolutionary protein design.

This concise, readable introduction to limnology (the science of investigating the structure and function of inland waters), places the subject in the context of modern ecology.

Berta and Sumich have succeeded yet again in creating superior marine reading!

Sequence analyses of numerous fungal genomes over the past two decades have provided us with extensive insights into the phylogenetic relationships of fungi and the distribution of genes and their inferred functions, across the fungal kingdom.

Whether you are looking for an introduction to the field of tree balance, a reference work on the multitude of available balance indices or inspiration for your future research, this book offers all three.

A fundamental and groundbreaking reassessment of how we view and manage cancer When we think of the forces driving cancer, we don't necessarily think of evolution.

Coupled with biomechanical data, organic geochemistry and cladistic analyses utilizing abundant genetic data, scientific studies are revealing new facets of how plants have evolved over time.

Plant endophytes are a potential source for the production of bioactive compounds that can fight against devastating diseases in both plants and humans.

Huxley's classic lecture on evolution, human nature, and the way to true happinessThomas Henry Huxley (18251895) was one of the most prominent evolutionists of the late nineteenth century.

Structural genomics is the study of the DNA of living organisms.

An ecologist's investigation of the social lives of butterfliesThroughout his career, Henry Horn took a unique approach to the study of butterflies.

This second edition textbook offers an expanded conceptual synthesis of microbial ecology with plant and animal ecology.

This volume offers a collection of carefully selected, peer-reviewed papers presented at the BIOMAT 2018 International Symposium, which was held at the University Hassan II, Morocco, from October 29th to November 2nd, 2018.