The Major Features of Evolution / / George Gaylord Simpson.
Explains some of the major features of the evolution of life from fossil records, paleontology, population genetics and systematics.
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Archive 1898-1999 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [1953] ©1953 |
| Year of Publication: | 1953 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Columbia Biological Series
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (436 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Preface
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- CHAPTER I. Rates of Evolution; Morphological Rates
- CHAPTER II. Taxonomic Rates of Evolution
- CHAPTER III. Variation
- CHAPTER IV. Mutation
- CHAPTER V. Population and Selection
- CHAPTER VI. Adaptation
- CHAPTER VII. The Evolution of Adaptation
- CHAPTER VIII. Trends and Orientation
- CHAPTER IX. Extinction, Relicts, and Irreversibility
- CHAPTER X. Horotely, Bradytely, and Tachytely
- CHAPTER XI. Higher Categories
- CHAPTER XII. Patterns or Modes of Evolution
- Works Cited
- Index