
Evolution For Dummies
by Krukonis, Greg; Barr, TracyRent Book
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Author Biography
Tracy Barr: Tracy Barr is a professional writer and editor who has authored or co-authored several other books for Wiley, including Adoption For Dummies, Cast-Iron Cooking For Dummies, Yorkshire Terriers For Dummies, and Latin For Dummies. She lives in Indianapolis with her husband and four children.
Table of Contents
Introduction | |
What Evolution Is | |
What Evolution Is and Why You Need to Know | |
The Science - Past and Present - of Evolution | |
Getting into Your Genes: (Very) Basic Genetics | |
How Evolution Works | |
Variation: A Key Requirement for Evolution | |
Natural Selection and Adaptations in Action | |
Random Evolution and Genetic Drift: Sometimes It's All about Chance | |
Quantitative Genetics: When Many Genes Act at Once | |
Species and Speciation | |
Phylogenetics: Reconstructing the Tree of Life | |
What Evolution Does | |
The Evolution of Life History | |
Units of Selection and the Evolution of Social Behavior | |
Evolution and Sex | |
Co-evolution: The Evolution of Interacting Species | |
Evo-Devo: The Evolution of Development | |
Molecular Evolution | |
Evolution and Your World | |
Human Evolution | |
The Evolution of Antibiotic Resistance | |
HIV: The Origin and Evolution of a Virus | |
Influenza: One Flu, Two Flu, Your Flu, Bird Flu | |
The Part of Tens | |
Ten Fascinating Fossil Finds | |
Ten Amazing Adaptations | |
Ten Arguments against Evolution and Why They're Wrong | |
Index | |
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