Includes bibliographical references (pages 186-187) and index

Species -- Polymorphism -- Variation under domestication -- Heredity -- Mendel's theory -- The chromosone theory -- DNA and the genetic code -- Mutation -- Polyploidy -- Natural selection theory -- Selection in action -- Sickle-cell anaemia -- Industrial melanism -- Resistance to antibiotics -- The origin of the species -- Speciation in the Galapagos Islands -- Fauna of the Galapagos -- Galapagos reptiles -- Galapagos birds -- Galapagos history and species -- Evolution beyond the species level -- Classification -- Fossils and geology -- Molecular evolution -- Is evolution science? -- Alternative theories -- The origin and early evolution of life -- Prokaryotes and eukaryotes -- The origin of sex -- Evolution and man -- Sociobiology -- Human nature

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