TY - BOOK AU - Ridley,Mark TI - Evolution SN - 0865424950 U1 - 576.8 PY - 1996///] CY - Cambridge, Massachusetts PB - Blackwell Science KW - Evolution (Biology) N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 675-699) and index; Part 1. Introduction; The rise of evolutionary biology; Molecular and Mendelian genetics; The evidence for evolution; Natural selection and variation; Part 2. Evolutionary genetics; The theory of natural selection; Random events in population genetics; Molecular evolution and the neutral theory; Two-locus and multi-locus population genetics; Quantitative genetics; Genome evolution; Part 3. Adaptation and natural selection; The analysis of adaptation; The units of selection; Adaptive explanation; Part 4. Evolution and diversity; Evolution and classification; The idea of a species; Speciation; The reconstruction of phylogeny; Evolutionary biogeography; Part 5. Paleobiology and macroevolution; The fossil record; Rates of evolution; Macroevolutionary change; Coevolution; Extinction ER -