Limit search to available items
Book Cover
E-book

Title Why does evolution matter? : the importance of understanding evolution / edited by Gabriel Trueba
Published Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2014

Copies

Description 1 online resource
Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; FOREWORD; PART I; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; PART II; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; PART III; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; PART IV; CHAPTER NINE; CHAPTER TEN; CHAPTER ELEVEN; CHAPTER TWELVE; CONTRIBUTORS
Summary Evolution is not merely a chapter in biology textbooks; rather, it is the mesh that embraces and connects every biological phenomenon; indeed, as Dobzhansky pointed out, nothing in biology could be understood without the evolutionary logic. The contents of this book highlight the importance of evolution in applied biological sciences such as agricultural, medical, environmental and the social sciences. Evolutionary science provides renewed ideas which can result in practical applications and ..
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes English
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed November 18, 2014)
Subject Evolution (Biology)
Evolution.
Conservation of the environment.
Medicine: general issues.
SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Evolution.
Evolution (Biology)
Form Electronic book
Author Trueba, Gabriel (Gabriel A.), editor.
ISBN 9781443870030
144387003X
1322216398
9781322216393