Introduction to Biological Evolution

Name: Introduction to Biological Evolution
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ISBN: 9780073050775

ISBN-10: 0073050776

ISBN-13: 9780073050775

Edition: 2nd 2008 (Revised)

Authors: Kenneth V. Kardong

List price: $173.00

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Written for a general college audience, this book offers an introduction to the principles and significance of Darwinian evolution. It differs from most other textbooks on evolution in three fundamental ways: First, it is intended for students taking evolution early in their studies. Second, it examines the intellectual significance of Darwinian evolution. Third, the text departs from the standard treatment of evolution in other textbooks, wherein the arguments are reductionist, molecular, and overwhelmingly genetic in emphasis. Ken Kardong, also author of Vertebrates; Comparative Anatomy, Function, Evolution, is known for his accessible writing style. His almost conversational approach to…

Book details

List price: $173.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Higher Education
Publication date: 1/8/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 368
Size: 8.25" wide x 10.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.386
Language: English

Ken Kardong is a professor in the zoology department at Washington State University, Pullman, WA. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois and his MS and BA from the University of Washington. In addition to teaching comparative anatomy and evolution, Ken is also involved in developing software programs for use in the laboratory sections of these courses.




Evolution of Evolution



Time



Heredity



Emergence of Life



Diversity of Life



Evidence of Evolution



Selection



Variation: Spice of Life



Speciation



Co-Evolution



Life History Strategies



Life in Groups



Extinctions



Human Evolution: The Early Years



Human Evolution - Building Modern Humans



Evolutionary Biology: Today and Beyond



Cell Division - A Review



Taxonomy



Molecular Clocks