Table of Contents

PrologueThe Nature of the IssuesPart IMicroevolutionary Concepts1: Adaptive Evolution2: Neutral Evolution3: The Genetic Impact of Selection on Populations4: Origin and Maintenance of Genetic Variation5: The Importance of Development in Evolution6: The Expression of VariationPart IIDesign by Selection for Reproductive Success7: The Evolution of Sex8: Genomic Conflict9: Life Histories and Sex Allocation10: Sexual SelectionPart IIIPrinciples of Macroevolution11: Speciation12: Phylogeny and Systematics13: Comparative MethodsPart IVThe History of Life14: Key Events in Evolution15: Major Events in the Geological Theater16: The Fossil Record and Life's HistoryPart VIntegrating Micro- and Macro-Evolution17: Coevolution: Micro- and Macro18: Human Evolution and Evolutionary Medicine19: Conclusions and ProspectsAnswersAppendix of Basic Genetic ConceptsGlossary

About the Author

Professor Stephen Stearns, Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University, USA Professor Rolf Hoekstra, Professor of Genetics, Laboratory of Genetics, Department of Plant Sciences, Wageningen University, The Netherlands

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