Genetics, Paleontology, And Macroevolution

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Author(s): Levinton J S
Edition: 2
Publisher: CUP
Year: 2001

Language: English
Pages: 632

Contents......Page 6
Preface to the First Edition......Page 8
Preface to the Second Edition......Page 12
1 Macroevolution: The Problem and the Field......Page 16
2 Genealogy, Systematics, and Macroevolution......Page 47
3 Genetics, Speciation, and Transspecific Evolution......Page 96
4 Development and Evolution......Page 172
5 The Constructional and Functional Aspects of Form......Page 242
6 Patterns of Morphological Change in Fossil Lineages......Page 300
7 Patterns of Diversity, Origination, and Extinction......Page 382
8 A Cambrian Explosion?......Page 458
9 Coda: Ten Theses......Page 510
Glossary of Macroevolution......Page 526
References......Page 534
B......Page 602
C......Page 604
D......Page 605
G......Page 606
H......Page 607
K......Page 609
L......Page 610
M......Page 611
N......Page 612
R......Page 613
S......Page 614
T......Page 616
W......Page 617
Z......Page 618
B......Page 620
C......Page 621
D......Page 622
E......Page 623
G......Page 624
H......Page 625
M......Page 626
N......Page 627
P......Page 628
R......Page 629
S......Page 630
V......Page 631
Z......Page 632