TY - BOOK AU - Zeigler,David TI - Evolution: components and mechanisms SN - 9780128004173 AV - QH366.2 U1 - 576.8 23 PY - 2014/// CY - Amsterdam PB - Academic Press KW - Evolution (Biology) KW - SCIENCE KW - Life Sciences KW - Evolution KW - bisacsh KW - fast KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Evolution -- Natural Selection -- Adaptation -- Competition -- Genetics Basics & Mutations -- Transposable Elements, Viruses, and Genomes -- Horizontal Gene Transfer -- Neutral Evolution -- Genetic Drift -- Environment -- Development -- Symbiosis -- Speciation -- Micro- and Macroevolution -- Homology -- Imperfection -- The Fossil Record and the History of Life -- Contingency and Evolution -- Opportunity -- Phylogeny:The Tree of Life -- Progress-Purpose? N2 - Evolution: Components and Mechanisms introduces the many recent discoveries and insights that have added to the discipline of organic evolution, and combines them with the key topics needed to gain a fundamental understanding of the mechanisms of evolution. Each chapter covers an important topic or factor pertinent to a modern understanding of evolutionary theory, allowing easy access to particular topics for either study or review. Many chapters are cross-referenced. Modern evolutionary theory has expanded significantly within only the past two to three decades UR - http://148.231.10.114:2048/login?url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780128003480 ER -