Selection : the mechanism of evolution
"This book adopts a direct experimental approach to evolutionary questions, drawing predominantly from research on microbial systems. The focus is on processes and mechanisms, incorporating insights from remarkable recent advances in whole-genome sequences, bioinformatics, environmental genomics, and developmental genetics." "Selection is an advanced textbook suitable for senior undergraduate and graduate students taking courses in experimental evolution, evolutionary biology, ecology, and population genetics. It will also be a valuable reference tool for those professional researchers in these fields requiring an authoritative and up-to-date overview of the topic as well as providing an accessible treatment of evolutionary mechanisms for molecular and cellular biologists."--Jacket
xiii, 553 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
9780198569725, 9780198569732, 0198569726, 0198569734
170034792
1. Simple selection ; 2. The genetic and ecological context of selection ; 3. Natural selection in closed asexual populations ; 4. Prometheus Unbound: realeasing the constraints on natural selection ; 5. Selection in multicellular organisms ; 6. Artificial selection ; 7. Natural selection in open populations ; 8. Adaptive radiation: diversity and specialization ; 9. Autoselection: selfish genetic elements ; 10. Social selection ; 11. Coevolution ; 12. Sexual selection ; 13. Speciation ; Epitome
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