Stickberger`s evolution/
Brian K. Hall, Benedikt Hallgrimsson
- 5 ed.
- New Delhi: Jones and Berlett India, 2014.
- 644 p.
1. Intellectual origins of the theory of biological evolution -- 2. Species and their relationships -- 3. Similarity and patterns of evolution -- 4. Universe and earth arise -- 5. The atmosphere, rocks and continents -- 6. Origin of the molecules of life -- 7. Molecules, membranes, and protocells -- 8. The first cells and organisms arose 3.5 bya -- 9. Eukaryotic organelles, genes, and organisms arose 1.8 bya -- 10. Voyages of discovery, natural selection and evolution -- 11. The theory of evolution by natural selection -- 12. Mendel, inheritance, and a theory of heredity -- 13. Genes, environment, and inheritance -- 14. Types of natural selection -- 15. Natural selection, phenotypes and genotypes -- 16. Chromosomes and genomes as sources of individual variation -- 17. Mutations and gene regulation as sources of individual variation -- 18. Genetic variation in populations -- 19. Dems, gene flow, and genetic drift -- 20. Competition, predation, and population biology -- 21. Coevolution -- 22. Phenotypic, plasticity and sympatric speculation -- 23. Allopatric speciation and hybridization -- 24. Mass extinctions, opportunities, and adaptive radiations -- 25. Human origins -- 26. Cultural and social evolution -- 27. Human influences on evolution -- 28. Culture, religion, and evolution.