Evolution by Association - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Evolution by Association write by Jan Sapp. This book was released on 1994. Evolution by Association available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Our evolution and that of all plants and animals is not thought to be due solely to the gradual accumulation of gene changes within species. Symbiosis is at the root of our being. This book is a systematic history of this emerging field and gives an account of the growth of a biological idea.
Genesis
Genesis - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Genesis write by Jan Sapp. This book was released on 2003-09-11. Genesis available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Genesis: The Evolution of Biology presents a history of the past two centuries of biology, suitable for use in courses, but of interest more broadly to evolutionary biologists, geneticists, and biomedical scientists, as well as general readers interested in the history of science. The book covers the early evolutionary biologists-Lamarck, Cuvier, Darwin and Wallace through Mayr and the neodarwinian synthesis, in much the same way as other histories of evolution have done, bringing in also the social implications, the struggles with our religious understanding, and the interweaving of genetics into evolutionary theory. What is novel about Sapp's account is a real integration of the cytological tradition, from Schwann, Boveri, and the other early cell biologists and embryologists, and the coverage of symbiosis, microbial evolutionary phylogenies, and the new understanding of the diversification of life coming from comparative analyses of complete microbial genomes. The book is a history of theories about evolution, genes and organisms from Lamarck and Darwin to the present day. This is the first book on the general history of evolutionary biology to include the history of research and theories about symbiosis in evolution, and first to include research on microbial evolution which were excluded from the classical neo-Darwinian synthesis. Bacterial evolution, and symbiosis in evolution are also excluded from virtually every book on the history of biology.
Design in Nature
Design in Nature - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Design in Nature write by Adrian Bejan. This book was released on 2013-01-08. Design in Nature available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In this groundbreaking book, Adrian Bejan takes the recurring patterns in nature—trees, tributaries, air passages, neural networks, and lightning bolts—and reveals how a single principle of physics, the constructal law, accounts for the evolution of these and many other designs in our world. Everything—from biological life to inanimate systems—generates shape and structure and evolves in a sequence of ever-improving designs in order to facilitate flow. River basins, cardiovascular systems, and bolts of lightning are very efficient flow systems to move a current—of water, blood, or electricity. Likewise, the more complex architecture of animals evolve to cover greater distance per unit of useful energy, or increase their flow across the land. Such designs also appear in human organizations, like the hierarchical “flowcharts” or reporting structures in corporations and political bodies. All are governed by the same principle, known as the constructal law, and configure and reconfigure themselves over time to flow more efficiently. Written in an easy style that achieves clarity without sacrificing complexity, Design in Nature is a paradigm-shifting book that will fundamentally transform our understanding of the world around us.
The Oxford Handbook of Evolution, Biology, and Society
The Oxford Handbook of Evolution, Biology, and Society - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Oxford Handbook of Evolution, Biology, and Society write by Rosemary Lynn Hopcroft. This book was released on 2018. The Oxford Handbook of Evolution, Biology, and Society available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book contains an overview of research on the interaction of biological and sociological processes. Issues explored include: the origins of social solidarity; religious beliefs; sex differences; gender inequality; human happiness; social stratification and inequality; identity, status, and other group processes; race, ethnicity, and discrimination; fertility and family processes; crime and deviance; cultural and social change.
Major Events in Early Vertebrate Evolution
Major Events in Early Vertebrate Evolution - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Major Events in Early Vertebrate Evolution write by Per Erik Ahlberg. This book was released on 2001-02-15. Major Events in Early Vertebrate Evolution available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A multi-author volume Major Events in Early Vertebrate Evolution examines the origin and early evolution of the backboned animals (vertebrates)-the group which comprises all fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals, including ourselves. This volume draws together evidence from fossils, genes, and developmental biology (the study of how embry
