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Evolutionary Biology - New Perspectives on Its Development: Self-Organization as a New Paradigm in Evolutionary Biology: From Theory to Applied Cases in the Tree of Life (Hardcover)

Table of Contents 1 Introduction: Understanding the Origins and Evolution of Living Organisms. The Necessity of Convergence Between Old and New Paradigms Anne Dambricourt Malassé Part I The Modernity of Old Paradigms 2 Self-Organization Meets... more

Evolution : The First Four Billion Years 9780674062214 Used / Pre-owned

Spanning evolutionary science from its inception to its latest findings from discoveries and data to philosophy and history this book is the most complete authoritative and inviting one-volume introduction to evolutionary biology available.... more

The God of Evolution : Trinitarian Theology in the Light of Evolutionary Biology 9780809138548 Used / Pre-owned

CONDITION – USED: Books sold are in GOOD or better condition. Good Condition: Minimal damage to the cover dust jacket may not be included minimal wear to binding most of the pages undamaged(e.g. minimal creases or tears) highlighting / underlining... more

Vienna Series in Theoretical Biology: The Convergent Evolution of Agriculture in Humans and Insects (Paperback)

Contributors explore common elements in the evolutionary histories of both human and insect agriculture resulting from convergent evolution. During the past 12 000 years agriculture originated in humans as many as twenty-three times and during the... more

Society for Experimental Biology Seminar Animals and Temperature: Phenotypic and Evolutionary Adaptation Book 59 (Hardcover)

Organisms are continually challenged to regulate and maintain functional capacities as their thermal environment changes. Adjustment to temperature change is evident both phenotypically in individual organisms and genotypically in the evolution of... more

The Biological Roots of Human Nature: Forging Links Between Evolution and Behavior (Paperback)

Here a biologist explains the evolutionary origins of humanity for a wide multidisciplinary audience. more

Physical Approaches to Biological Evolution (Paperback)

This book will appeal to all those interested in modern theories of evolutionary biology. The author presents a lucid account of the relationship between modern molecular biology and the time-honoured theories of evolution of species and population... more

Oxford Ecology and Evolution Evolutionary Biology of Species (Paperback)

Species are central to understanding the origin and dynamics of biological diversity; explaining why lineages split into multiple distinct species is one of the main goals of evolutionary biology. However the existence of species is often taken for... more

Invertebrate Relationships : Patterns in Animal Evolution 9780521337120 Used / Pre-owned

Phylogenetic study is an important corner-stone of biology for the evolutionary relationships between groups of animals bear heavily on the analysis of their physiology behaviour and ecology. Despite this there have been few books which analyse the... more

Oxford Ecology and Evolution Game Theory in Biology: Concepts and Frontiers (Hardcover)

The principles of game theory apply to a wide range of topics in biology. This book presents the central concepts in evolutionary game theory and provides an authoritative and up-to-date account. The focus is on concepts that are important for... more

Elements in the Philosophy of Biology: Evolution Morality and the Fabric of Society (Hardcover)

Recent interest in the evolution of the social contract is extended by providing a throughly naturalistic evolutionary account of the biological underpinnings of a social contract theory of morality. This social contract theory of morality... more

Pre-Owned Nonzero the Logic of Human Destiny (Hardcover) 0679442529 9780679442523

In his bestselling The Moral Animal Robert Wright applied the principles of evolutionary biology to the study of the human mind. Now Wright attempts something even more ambitious: explaining the direction of evolution and human history-and... more

Life : The Leading Edge of Evolutionary Biology Genetics Anthropology and Environmental Science 9780062296054 Used / Pre-owned

Science s understanding of life is progressing more rapidly than at any point in human history. Ranging from the origin of life to the evolution of beauty from the secrets of genes to the surprising science of superorganisms from the promise of... more

Pre-Owned Human Biology and Behavior: An Anthropological Perspective (Hardcover) 0673398803 9780673398802

This text emphasizes the two major themes of adaptation and evolution and their interrelationships with successful behavior and offers authoritative coverage of molecular genetics evolutionary theory primate and human physical evolution and behavior... more

Pre-Owned Evolution and the Diversity of Life: Selected Essays (Paperback) 067427105X 9780674271050

The diversity of living forms and the unity of evolutionary processes are themes that have permeated the research and writing of Ernst Mayr a Grand Master of evolutionary biology. The essays collected here are among his most valuable and durable:... more

Evolutionary Biology Evolutionary Biology: Volume 28 Book 28 (Hardcover)

Homology and Embryonic Development; B.K. Hall The Evolution of Paired Fins and the Origin and Tetrapod Limbs: Phylogenetic and Transformational Approaches; N. Shubin Drosphila Molecular Phylogenies and Their Uses; J.R. Powell R. DeSalle Plant... more

Organisms and Environments: Evolution s Wedge : Competition and the Origins of Diversity (Series #12) (Edition 1) (Hardcover)

Evolutionary biology has long sought to explain how new traits and new species arise. Darwin maintained that competition is key to understanding this biodiversity and held that selection acting to minimize competition causes competitors to become... more

Evolutionary Biology Evolutionary Biology: Volume 27 Book 27 (Hardcover)

The Conceptual Relationship of Ontogeny Phylogeny and Classification; O. Rieppel. History Function and Evolutionary Biology; N. Eldredge. The Use of Molecular and Biochemical Markers in Crop Evolution Studies; P. Gepts. Recent Advances in... more

Pre-Owned The Nature of Diversity: An Evolutionary Voyage of Discovery (Paperback) 0226075907 9780226075907

All living things on earth--from individual species to entire ecosystems--have evolved through time and evolution is the acknowledged framework of modern biology. Yet many areas of biology have moved from a focus on evolution to much narrower... more

Theoretical Biology: Trust and Credit in Organizations and Institutions: As Viewed from the Evolution of Cooperation (Hardcover)

This book shows that evolutionary game theory can unravel how mutual cooperation trust and credit in a group emerge in organizations and institutions. Some organizations and institutions such as insurance unions credit unions and banks originated... more

History Philosophy and Theory of the Life Sciences: From Evolutionary Biology to Economics and Back: Parallels and Crossings Between Economics and Evolution (Hardcover)

This book offers a comprehensive exploration of the major key concepts common to economics and evolutionary biology. Written by a group of philosophers of science biologists and economists it proposes analyses of the meaning of twenty-five concepts... more

Science Masters Series What Evolution Is (Paperback)

At once a spirited defense of Darwinian explanations of biology and an elegant primer on evolution for the general reader What Evolution Is poses the questions at the heart of evolutionary theory and considers how our improved understanding of... more

Evolutionary Cell Biology Hox Modules in Evolution and Development (Hardcover)

Few if any genes have had the same level of impact on the field of evolutionary-developmental biology (evo-devo) as the Hox genes. These genes are renowned for their roles in patterning the body plans and development of the animal kingdom. This is... more

Pre-Owned The Facts on File Dictionary of Evolutionary Biology (Hardcover) 0816049246 9780816049240

Explaining basic terms concepts and issues at the heart of evolutionary biology this dictionary includes terms relating to the origin of life and the evidence and mechanisms of evolution such as natural selection heredity and speciation in addition... more

Pre-Owned Form and Function in Developmental Evolution (Paperback) 0521187583 9780521187589

This book represents an effort to understand very old questions about biological form function and the relationships between them. The essays collected here reflect the diversity of approaches in evolutionary developmental biology (Evo Devo)... more

Pre-Owned Biology (Hardcover 9780697353535) by Peter H Raven

9780697353535. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Hard cover. 5th ed. Language: English. Pages: 1284. 1284 p. Contains: Illustrations. This textbook has evolution as a unifying theme and has a strong emphasis on natural selection and the evolutionary... more

Mammal Phylogeny: Mesozoic Differentiation Multituberculates Monotremes Early Therians and Marsupials

The evolution of mammals is one of the hottest areas of research in evolutionary biology today. These two volumes represent a seminal contribution to the literature on mammal evolution and will be widely read and cited by evolutionary biologists... more

Pre-Owned On the Origin of Stories: Evolution Cognition and Fiction (Paperback 9780674057111) by Brian Boyd

9780674057111. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Paperback. Language: English. Contains: Unspecified. Includes unspecified. A century and a half after the publication of Origin of Species evolutionary thinking has expanded beyond the field of biology to... more

Methods in Molecular Biology: Polyploidy: Methods and Protocols (Hardcover)

This volume provides protocols on evidence for polyploidy and how it can be unveiled. Chapters guide readers through evolutionary experiments measure effects of polyploidy evidence for (remnants of) ancient WGDs models of chromosome number evolution... more

Evolutionary Biology - Concepts Biodiversity Macroevolution and Genome Evolution (Hardcover)

The annual Evolutionary Biology Meetings in Marseilles serve to gather leading scientists promote the exchange of ideas and encourage the formation of international collaborations. This book contains the most essential contributions presented at the... more

Evolutionary Biology: Cell-Cell Communication and Complex Disease (Hardcover)

An integrative view of the evolution of genetics and the natural world Even in this advanced age of genomics the evolutionary process of unicellular and multicellular organisms is continually in debate. Evolutionary Biology Cell-Cell Communication... more

Monographs in Population Biology Evolutionary Biology of Parasites. (Mpb-15) Volume 15 Book 15 (Paperback)

In spite of the fact that parasites represent more than half of all living species of plants and animals their role in the evolution of life on earth has been substantially underestimated. Here for the first time within an evolutionary and... more

Progress Unchained: Ideas of Evolution Human History and the Future (Hardcover)

Progress Unchained reinterprets the history of the idea of progress using parallels between evolutionary biology and changing views of human history. Early concepts of progress in both areas saw it as the ascent of a linear scale of development... more

Methods in Molecular Biology: Mobile Genetic Elements: Protocols and Genomic Applications (Hardcover)

Transposable elements are used as genetic tools for dissecting the function of a specific gene and elaborating on mechanisms leading to genetic change and diversity and the evolutionary impact of mobile DNA on the biology and evolution of organism.... more

Pre-Owned Making Sense of Evolution: The Conceptual Foundations of Evolutionary Biology Paperback

Our books are pre-loved which means they have been read before. We carefully check all our books and believe them to be in a - USED - VERY GOOD Condition condition. If you re not completely satisfied please get in touch & we ll be happy to help.... more

Evolving Pathways: Key Themes in Evolutionary Developmental Biology (Paperback)

Evolutionary developmental biology or evo-devo is the study of the relationship between evolution and development. Dealing specifically with the generative mechanisms of organismal form evo-devo goes straight to the core of the developmental origin... more

Evolutionary Perspectives on Pregnancy (Hardcover)

Covering both the internal and external incubation of offspring this book provides a biology-rich survey of the natural history ecology genetics and evolution of pregnancy-like phenomena. From mammals and other live-bearing organisms to viviparous... more

Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science: The Structural Links Between Ecology Evolution and Ethics (Hardcover)

Evolutionary biology ecology and ethics: at first glance three different objects of research three different worldviews and three different scientific communities. In reality there are both structural and historical links between these disciplines.... more