Selection: The Mechanism of Evolution
Author:   Graham Bell (Biology Department, McGill University, Montreal, Canada)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Edition:   2nd Revised edition
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Pages:   568
Publication Date:   18 December 2008
Format:   Paperback
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Selection: The Mechanism of Evolution


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Author:   Graham Bell (Biology Department, McGill University, Montreal, Canada)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Edition:   2nd Revised edition
Dimensions:   Width: 18.90cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 24.60cm
Weight:   1.081kg
ISBN:  

9780198569732


ISBN 10:   0198569734
Pages:   568
Publication Date:   18 December 2008
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

1: Simple selection 2: The genetic and ecological context of selection 3: Natural selection in closed asexual populations 4: Prometheus Unbound: realeasing the constraints on natural selection 5: Selection in multicellular organisms 6: Artificial selection 7: Natural selection in open populations 8: Adaptive radiation: diversity and specialization 9: Autoselection: selfish genetic elements 10: Social selection 11: Coevolution 12: Sexual selection 13: Speciation Epitome

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<br> An outstanding book belonging on every science shelf. --Choice, 2008 Vol. 45 No. 11<p><br>


An outstanding book belonging on every science shelf. --Choice, 2008 Vol. 45 No. 11<br>


Author Information

Graham Bell is a professor of biology at McGill University in Montreal. He has published many articles on ecology and evolution, and three books: the Masterpiece of Nature (1982), Sex and Death in Protozoa (1988) and Selection (1996).

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