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What is natural selection? 64 Populations are variable 66 Populations may have different forms 68 The idea of a Mendelian population 68 The effects of selection 71 Gene frequencies may change rapidly in small populations 73 Sources of variation

The modern synthesis 53 What is a species? 54 A big picture: the major features of evolution 56 Converging and diverging 59 Taxonomy, cladistics, and drawing family trees 61 Populations and selection Historicity: carrying your story with you Origins 44 Early cellular evolution 46 Animal evolution 48 Plant evolution 49 Summary and foreword 50Ī broad view of the process The major features of evolution Taking a close look at the world 29 A modern way to understand biology Heredity and Structure What is a genome? Cells 35 Polymers 36 Proteins 36 Nucleic acids 39 Three biology – some basics What are organisms? Geology becomes a science 13 Ages and time 19 Comparative anatomy 22 Impediments to the idea of evolution Guttman 2005 Reprinted 2006 All rights reserved Copyright under Berne Convention A CIP record for this title is available from the British Library ISBN-13: 978–1–85168–371–0 ISBN-10: 1–85168–371–2 Typeset by Jayvee, Trivandrum, India Cover design by Two Associates Printed and bound by Biddles Ltd, Kings Lynn NL08Įxplaining diversity 1 The logic of science 4 Then what about the “theory of evolution”? Conceptions and misconceptions 9 Related titles from oneworld Genetics: A Beginner’s Guide, Guttman, Griffiths, Suzuki and Cullis, ISBN 1–85168–304–6 Evolutionary Psychology: A Beginner’s Guide, Dunbar, Barrett and Lycett, ISBN 1–85168–356–9 The Brain: A Beginner’s Guide, Al-Chalabi, Turner and Delamont, ISBN 1–85168–373–9 25 Big Ideas: The Science That’s Changing Our World, Robert Matthews, ISBN 1–85168–391–7 Did My Genes Make Me Do It? And Other Philosophical Dilemmas, Avrum Stroll, ISBN 1–85168–340–2 What Makes Us Moral? Crossing the Boundaries of Biology, Neil Levy, ISBN 1–85168–341–0Įvolut ion: a beginne r ’s guide Oneworld Publications 185 Banbury Road Oxford OX2 7AR England © Burton S.