IN SEARCH OF THE CAUSES OF EVOLUTION

Evolutionary biology has witnessed breathtaking advances in recent years. Some of its most exciting insights have come from the cros sover of disciplines as varied as paleontology, molecular biology, ecology, and genetics. This book brings together many of today's pioneers in evolutionary biology to describe the latest advances and explain why a cross-disciplinary and integrated approach to res earch questions is so essential. Contributors discuss the origins of biological diversity, mechanisms of evolutionary change at the molecular ...[Read more]