TY - BOOK ID - 80829096 TI - Genetics, paleontology, and macroevolution PY - 2001 SN - 9780511612961 9780521803175 9780521005500 0511018290 9780511018299 0511612966 0521803179 0521005507 1107123240 0511561334 0511154925 0511047932 PB - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Genetics KW - Macroevolution KW - Paleontology KW - Fossilogy KW - Fossilology KW - Palaeontology KW - Paleontology, Zoological KW - Paleozoology KW - Historical geology KW - Zoology KW - Fossils KW - Prehistoric animals in motion pictures KW - Evolution (Biology) KW - Biology KW - Embryology KW - Mendel's law KW - Adaptation (Biology) KW - Breeding KW - Chromosomes KW - Heredity KW - Mutation (Biology) KW - Variation (Biology) KW - Macroevolution. KW - Genetics. KW - Paleontology. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:80829096 AB - An engaging area of biology for more than a century, the study of macroevolution continues to offer profound insight into our understanding of the tempo of evolution and of the evolution of biological diversity. What regulates biological diversity and its historical development? Can it be explained by natural selection alone? Has geologic history regulated the tempo of diversification? This expanded and updated second edition offers a comprehensive look at macroevolution and its underpinnings, with a primary emphasis on animal evolution. From a Neodarwinian point of view, it integrates evolutionary processes at all levels to explain the diversity of animal life. It examines a wide range of topics including genetics and speciation, development and evolution, the constructional and functional aspects of form, fossil lineages, and systematics, and it takes a hard look at the Cambrian explosion. Researchers and graduate students will find this book a most comprehensive examination of macroevolution. ER -