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OverviewAll organisms - from the AIDS virus, to bacteria, fish, and humans - must evolve to survive. Despite the central place of evolution within biology, there are many things that are still poorly understood. For Charles Darwin, the driving force behind all evolution was natural selection. More recently, evolutionary biologists have considered that many mutations are essentially neutral with respect to natural selection. Many questions remain. Are molecular differences between species adaptive? Are differences within species adaptive? Modern biotechnology has enabled us to identify precisely the actual DNA structure from many individuals within population, and thus to see how these DNA sequences have changed over time and to answer some of these questions. At the same time, this knowledge poses new challenges to our ability to understand the observed patterns. This volume outlines the biological problems, provides new perspectives on theoretical treatments of the consequences of natural selection, examines the consequences of molecular data, and relates molecular events to speciation. This book should be of interest to upper level (3rd/4th year) students, and graduate students or researchers in population biology, population genetics, evolutionary biology and theoretical biology. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Brian GoldingPublisher: Chapman and Hall Imprint: Chapman and Hall Edition: Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1994 Dimensions: Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.830kg ISBN: 9780412053917ISBN 10: 0412053918 Pages: 249 Publication Date: 31 December 1994 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsThere is also a healthy mix of novel and established which broadens its appeal. - Heredity There is also a healthy mix of novel and established which broadens its appeal. - Heredity Author InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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