Evolution

Evolutionary theory has long been debated, not only on religious grounds, but in terms of its usefulness as a scientific model. A common objection is that the theory does not fit the hypothetical-deductive standard used in the physical sciences and is...

Chaos in Real Data studies the range of data analytic techniques available to study nonlinear population dynamics for ecological time series. Several case studies are studied using typically short and noisy population data from field and laboratory. A...

Modern approaches to microbial classification and identification, particularly those based on nucleic acid analysis, have raised the awareness and interest of microbiologists in systematics during the past decade. The extended scope of the subject has...

This is an account of studies of the function and evolution of colorful plumage in the House Finch. It is also an engaging study on the evolution of sexual selection in birds and a lively portrait of the challenges and constraints of experimental design...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780759622418Author Arndt von HippelFormat PaperbackPage Count 244Imprint AuthorHousePublisher AuthorHouseWeight(grams) 364g

This is an inadvertent book, though it did arise naturally enough from a course I give in theoretical ecology. But I wouldn't have given the course at all if one colleague in my department hadn't left for a leave of absence, while another abruptly...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780374189938Author Peter Godfrey-SmithFormat HardbackPage Count 336Imprint Farrar, Straus and GirouxPublisher Farrar, Straus and GirouxWeight(grams)...

This book examines the relationship between classification and evolutionary theory, with reference to the competing schools of taxonomic thinking. Emphasis is placed on one of these schools, the transformed cladists, who have attempted to reject all...

The International Biological Programme took the form of an evolving process which occupied some five years of preliminary planning, followed by a decade of work. Just how it was conceived, initiated, conducted and completed is set down in this volume...

Contains papers from a June 1996 symposium, covering both shoot- and root-borne roots in sections on diversity of roots, induction of root formation and root development, hormonal control of root induction and development, molecular biology, ecological...

Coronaviruses represent a major group of viruses of both molecular biological interest and clinical significance in animals and humans. The proceedings of the Fifth International Symposium on Coronaviruses, held in Chantilly, France, September 1992,...

An extremely well-organized, conceptually clear, empirically informed, and carefully argued volume...What makes this contribution special is the invigorating infusion of a wealth of principles and knowledge derived from evolutionary biology,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780306446498Author Kenneth E. MaxwellFormat PaperbackPage Count 324Imprint Kluwer Academic/Plenum PublishersPublisher Springer Science+Business...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262546744Author Jeffrey H. SchwartzFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdWeight(grams) 369g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262539098Author George R McGhee Jr.Format PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd

A recent poll revealed that one in four Americans believe in both creationism and evolution, while another 41% believe that creationism is true and evolution is false. A minority (only 13%) believe only in evolution. Given the widespread resistance to...

In 1859 Darwin described a deceptively simple mechanism that he called "natural selection," a combination of variation, inheritance, and reproductive success. He argued that this mechanism was the key to explaining the most puzzling features of...

While much has been written about the life and works of Charles Darwin, the lives of his ten children remain largely unexamined. Most "Darwin books" consider his children as footnotes to the life of their famous father and close with the death of Charles...

This book considers evolution at different scales: sequences, genes, gene families, organelles, genomes and species. The focus is on the mathematical and computational tools and concepts, which form an essential basis of evolutionary studies, indicate...

As a college student, Werner Maas took a course in genetics in 1941 and wondered why so little was said about the biochemical action of genes in controlling the specific function of an organism. Just at that time, biochemists and geneticists began to...

In 1974, Richard Lewontin published The Genetic Basis of Evolutionary Change, focusing enormous research attention on protein variation as both a model of underlying genetic variation and as a level of selection itself. Two decades later, scientific...

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This useful new book answers the need for data-driven estimates of recent (1600 onwards) extinction rates as a basis for more accurate projections of extinction rates for the centuries to come. This book provides a more wide-ranging and data-driven...

Originally published in 1994, the first edition of Field Sampling Methods for Remedial Investigations soon became a premier resource in this field. The "Princeton Groundwater" course designated it as one of the top books on the market that addresses...

Environmental biology is a study in the conditions of life; these conditions impact the life within it. The conditions of life are not limited to the present time; environmental biology has applications to any time in the history (or future) of any place...

“An insightful and breathtaking exploration of humanity’s evolutionary baggage that explains some of our species’ greatest successes and failures.” —Yuval Noah Harari, author of SapiensThe ancient inheritance that made us who we are—and is now driving us...

The study of patterns and processes of evolution on islands has played an important role in the development of general theories of how and why evolution occurs. Small, discrete pieces of the environment, islands are frequently isolated from the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781951985820Author Rodrigo FernosFormat PaperbackPage Count 378Imprint Virtualbookworm.com PublishingPublisher Virtualbookworm.com PublishingWeight(grams)...

'The mind unlearns with difficulty what has long been impressed upon it. ' Seneca Reductionism, is, without question, the most successful analytical approach available to the experimental scientist. With the advent of techniques for cloning and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781543702699Author Deva Prakash KalitaFormat PaperbackPage Count 196Imprint Partridge Publishing IndiaPublisher Partridge Publishing IndiaWeight(grams) 220g

With the emergence of the new field of evolutionary developmental biology we are witnessing a renaissance of Darwin's insights 150 years after his On the Origin of Species. Thus far, the exciting findings from 'evo-devo' have only been trickling into...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781646794416Author Charles DarwinFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Cosimo ClassicsPublisher Cosimo ClassicsWeight(grams) 503gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781602061446Author Professor Charles DarwinFormat PaperbackPage Count 328Imprint Cosimo ClassicsPublisher Cosimo ClassicsWeight(grams) 417gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781410209535Author David Starr JordanFormat PaperbackPage Count 84Imprint University Press of the PacificPublisher University Press of the...

That humans originated from Africa is well-known. However, this is widely regarded as a chance outcome, dependant simply on where our common ancestor shared the land with where the great apes lived. This volume builds on from the 'Out of Africa' theory,...

All of life is a game, and evolution by natural selection is no exception. The evolutionary game theory developed in this 2005 book provides the tools necessary for understanding many of nature's mysteries, including co-evolution, speciation, extinction...

Despite an astonishing 100 million-fold range in adult body mass from bumblebee bat to blue whale, all mammals are formed of the same kinds of molecules, cells, tissues and organs and to the same overall body plan. A scaling approach investigates the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781644583401Author June MeimbanFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint Christian FaithPublisher Christian FaithWeight(grams) 104gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781532658341Author Robert F ShedingerFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint Cascade BooksPublisher Cascade BooksWeight(grams) 617g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781646794423Author Charles DarwinFormat HardbackPage Count 400Imprint Cosimo ClassicsPublisher Cosimo ClassicsWeight(grams) 653g