Genetics, Paleontology, and Macroevolution (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521803175)

This expanded and updated second edition offers a comprehensive look at macroevolution and its underpinnings, with a primary emphasis on animal evolution. From a Neodarwinian point of view, the book integrates evolutionary processes at all levels to explain the diversity of animal life. It examines a wide range of topics including genetics, speciation, development, evolution, constructional and functional aspects of form, fossil lineages, and systematics, and --in a major new chapter--takes a hard look at the Cambrian explosion. The author delves into the age of molecular science and integrates important recent contributions made to our understanding of evolution.

Author: Jeffrey S. Levinton
ISBN-10: 0521803179
ISBN-13: 9780521803175
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 08/06/2001
Pages: 634
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.79lbs
Size: 10.24h x 7.34w x 1.50d