Evolution 101 (Hardcover)

Series Foreword Preface 1 The History of Evolutionary Thought Early Ideas About Life's Diversity Naming Life Lamarck Proposes the First Testable Theory of Evolution Charles Darwin Darwin Sets Sail Aboard the Beagle and Sees the World Darwin's Life Back in England Down House Wallace Provokes Darwin to Announce His Idea The Theory of Evolution After Darwin Darwin's Bold Prediction Summary 2 Evidence for Evolution The Evidence for Evolution The Age of the Earth Determining the Ages of Fossils and Rocks Fossils Extinctions Artificial Selection Embryology Biogeography Comparative Anatomy Vestigial Structures Molecular Biology We Can Watch Evolution Happen Evolution, Life, and Death: The Evolution of Drug Resistance Can Evolution Be Stopped? Contradictory Evidence? Evolution in the Courtroom Summary 3 How Evolution Works Genes Link Generations Pesticide Resistance DNA and Chromosomes The Frequencies of Genes Can Change What Causes Genetic Variation? Mutation Can Cause Genetic Variation Gene Flow Can Cause Genetic Variation Genetic Mixing Can Cause Genetic Variation Evolution Is Change in Gene Frequency-How Do Gene Frequencies Change? Conservation and Genetic Diversity Natural Selection Produces Adaptive Change in Gene Frequencies Sexual Reproduction Increases Genetic Variation The Red Queen and Sexual Reproduction Mate Choice Can Be Adaptive Selection for One Extreme, Both Extremes, or the Middle Nice Guys Don't Have to Finish Last Calculating Coefficients of Relatedness Mutualism Summary 4 The Scale and Products of Evolution Microevolution Occurs Within Populations Macroevolution Produces Species Diversity What Is a Species? How Do Species Form? Species Form by Geographic Isolation, A Disturbance in Gene Flow Species Form When Shifts in Resources Disturb Gene Flow Species Form When Mate Choice Restricts Gene Flow Species Form When Genetic Changes Disturb Gene Flow The Common Theme of Speciation Is Reproductive Isolation A Phylogeny Traces the History of Speciation Shared Traits Reveal Shared Ancestry Three Types (Branches) of Living Organisms Where Did Life Come From? The Evolution of Multicellular Organisms Adaptive Radiation Fuels Biodiversity Poisonous Oceans, Death Stars, and Mass Extinction Summary 5 Evolution and Our Daily Lives Darwin's Predictions Continue to Ring True Social Darwinism Eugenics The Evolution of Pathogens Sociobiology and Evolutionary Psychology Human Evolution Summary Appendices Appendix 1: The Geological Timescale Appendix 2: Legal Decisions Involving the Teaching of Evolution and Creationism in Public Schools Appendix 3: A Timeline for Evolutionary Thought Appendix 4: Meiosis and Crossing Over Appendix 5: The Products of Evolution Glossary Selected Bibliography Index