| Description |
xxii 354 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Series |
Canto |
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Knjižnica Canto.
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| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: List of figures -- Preface -- Preface to the second edition -- Preface to the third edition -- Foreword to the Canto edition by Richard Dawkins -- Introduction to the Canto edition -- 1. Adaptation -- 2. The theory of natural selection -- 3. Heredity -- 4. Weismann, Lamarck and the central dogma -- 5. Molecular evolution -- 6. The origin and early evolution of life -- 7. The structure of chromosomes and the control of gene action -- 8. Variation -- 9. Artificial selection: some experiments with fruitflies -- 10. Natural selection in wild populations -- 11. Protein polymorphism -- 12. Altruism, social behaviour and sex -- 13. What are species? -- 14. The origins of species -- 15. What keeps species distinct? -- 16. The genetics of species differences -- 17. The fossil evidence -- 18. Evolution and development -- 19. Evolution and history -- Further reading -- Index |
| Notes |
"Canto" -- cover & spine |
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Includes index |
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Reissue of: 3rd ed. published in 1975 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 346-347) and index |
| Notes |
English |
| Subject |
Evolution (Biology)
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| LC no. |
93020358 |
| ISBN |
0521451280 (paperback) |
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