Genetics, paleontology, and macroevolution / Jeffrey S. Levinton
Imprint
Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001
Edition
2nd ed
Descript
xv, 617 p. : ill. ; 26 cm
CONTENT
1. Macroevolution: The Problem and the Field -- 2. Genealogy, Systematics and Macroevolution -- 3. Genetics, Speciation, and Transspecific Evolution -- 4. Development and Evolution -- 5. The Constructional and Functional Aspects of Form -- 6. Patterns of Morphological Change in Fossil Lineages -- 7. Patterns of Diversity, Origination, and Extinction -- 8. A Cambrian Explosion? -- 9. Coda: Ten Theses