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Selection : the mechanism of evolution

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Author(s): Graham Bell
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Year: 2008

Language: English
Commentary: bookmarks: 1 level only+OCR
Pages: 568

Cover......Page 1
Halftitle......Page 2
Inside Cover......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Dedication......Page 6
Preface to the second edition......Page 8
Contents......Page 10
The Second Science......Page 14
1 -- Simple selection......Page 16
2 -- The genetic and ecological context of selection......Page 35
3 -- Natural selection in closed asexual populations......Page 70
4 -- Prometheus Unbound: releasing the constraints on natural selection......Page 145
5 -- Selection in multicellular organisms......Page 177
6 -- Artificial selection......Page 201
7 -- Natural selection in open populations......Page 237
8 -- Adaptive radiation: diversity and specialization......Page 280
9 -- Autoselection: selfish genetic elements......Page 323
10 -- Social selection......Page 346
11 -- Co-evolution......Page 395
12 -- Sexual selection......Page 433
13 -- Speciation......Page 477
14 -- Epitome......Page 507
References......Page 515
Index......Page 562