Evolution

With more than 500 species distributed all around the Northern Hemisphere, the genus Quercus L.

Land bridges are the causeways of biodiversity.

Although complexity surrounds us, its inherent uncertainty, ambiguity, and contradiction can at first make complex systems appear inscrutable.

Primary sexual traits, those structures and processes directly involved in reproduction, are some of the most diverse, specialized, and bizarre in the animal kingdom.

This monograph is concerned with the mathematical analysis of patterns which are encountered in biological systems.

Recombinant DNA and Genetic Experimentation contains papers from the Proceedings of a Conference on Recombinant DNA held in London on April 1-4, 1979.

Ever since the pioneering work of Darwin and Wallace, evolutionary biologists have attempted to understand the evolutionary dynamics of genetic systems.

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In recent years, evolutionary theorists have come to recognize that the reductionist, individualist, gene-centered approach to evolution cannot sufficiently account for the emergence of complex biological systems over time.

As social and symbolic animals-animals with language and systems of signs-humans are informed by two different kinds of heritage, one biological, the other cultural.

This book reviews the convoluted history of orthogenesis with an emphasis of non-English sources, untangles relationships between various concepts of directed evolution and argues whether orthogenesis has something to offer modern biology.

A detailed study of the Hadza hunter-gatherers, examining ecological and demographical factors impacting upon the population.

The broad arc of islands north of Australia that extends from Indonesia east towards the central Pacific is home to a set of human populations whose concentration of diversity is unequaled elsewhere.

An engaging journey into the biological principles underpinning a beloved science-fiction franchiseIn Star Trek, crew members travel to unusual planets, meet diverse beings, and encounter unique civilizations.

Much of Charles Darwin's groundbreaking work as an evolutionary biologist stemmed from his study of birds.

The fascinating and complex evolutionary relationship of the monarch butterfly and the milkweed plantMonarch butterflies are one of nature's most recognizable creatures, known for their bright colors and epic annual migration from the United States and Canada to Mexico.

Religion and the Philosophy of Life considers how religion as the source of civilization transforms the fundamental bio-sociology of humans through language and the somatic exploration of religious ritual and prayer.

This multi-author, six-volume work summarizes our current knowledge on the developmental biology of all major invertebrate animal phyla.

Rudolf Raff is recognized as a pioneer in evolutionary developmental biology.

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This volume covers the orders Apiales (Asterids I) and Gentianales (except Rubiaceae; Asterids II).

One of the most striking and persistent ways humans dominate Earth is by changing land-cover as we settle a region.

This book reviews the evolution of Biosemiotics and gives an outlook on the future of this interdisciplinary new discipline.

Comment une culture se conserve-t-elle et se transmet-elle ?

A thorough overview of the biology and evolution of a fascinating group of organisms.

Evolution: Components and Mechanisms introduces the many recent discoveries and insights that have added to the discipline of organic evolution, and combines them with the key topics needed to gain a fundamental understanding of the mechanisms of evolution.

One of the major themes of human population genetics is assaying genetic variation in human populations.

A marvelous journey into the world of bird evolutionHow Birds Evolve explores how evolution has shaped the distinctive characteristics and behaviors we observe in birds today.

This timely book revisits cryptic female choice in arthropods, gathering detailed contributions from around the world to address key behavioral, ecological and evolutionary questions.

This book systematically discusses the vegetation dynamics in northern China since the LGM, with a focus on three dominant tree species (Pinus, Quercus and Betula).

The social sciences share a mission to shed light on human nature and society.

The Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals, Third Edition covers the ecology, behavior, conservation, evolution, form and function of whales, dolphins, seals, sea lions, manatees, dugongs, otters and polar bears.

This book is about tropical biology in action- how biologists grapple with the ecology and evolution of the great species diversity in tropical rainforests and coral reefs.

This Element provides a hypothesis-driven look at testing models for diversification in Cambrian echinoderms.

Animal Virology consists of papers presented in a meeting which considered broad issues and advances in animal virology and tumor viruses.

There is a paradox when it comes to Darwinian ideas within the academy.

Explores the possible nature of extraterrestrial life, and how similar it may be to life on Earth.

Questions why species are becoming extinct, and how we can protect the natural world on which we all depend.

Chondrichthyans possess unique anatomical features compared to other vertebrates, in particular a fully cartilaginous skeleton and a permanently renewed dentition.

This book demonstrates how the primate hand combines both primitive and novel morphology, both general function with specialization, and both a remarkable degree of diversity within some clades and yet general similarity across many others.

In the years since the publication of Susumu Ohno's 1970 landmark book Evolution by gene duplication tremendous advances have been made in molecular biology and especially in genomics.

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility.

Over 7 billion people depend on plants for healthy, productive, secure lives, but few of us stop to consider the origin of the plant kingdom that turned the world green and made our lives possible.

The History of British Birds reviews our knowledge of avifaunal history over the last 15,000 years, setting it in its wider historical and European context.

This book presents a new account of Euphorbia in southern Africa.

In August of 1980, near the whistlestop of Maltby, Surely, we would plead, the U.

In The Triumph of Sociobiology, John Alcock reviews the controversy that has surrounded evolutionary studies of human social behavior following the 1975 publication of E.

While it is true that members of most sexually reproducing species can be defined as either male or female, those who belong to the rest of the biological world are not so simply understood.

What drives us to eat and accounts for different appetites?