Evolutionary Patterns : Growth, Form, and Tempo in the Fossil Record Hardback
Edited by Jeremy B. C. Jackson, Scott Lidgard, Frank K. McKinney
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With advances in molecular and evolutionary biology, one could almost wonder why we need the fossil record.
Molecular sequence data can resolve taxanomic relationships, experiments with fruit flies demonstrate evolution and development in real time, and field studies of Galapagos finches have provided the strongest evidence for natural selection ever measured in the wild.
What, then, can fossils teach us that living organisms cannot?
This text demonstrates the rich variety of clues to evolution that can be gleaned from the fossil record.
Contributors explore modes of development, the tempo of speciation and extinction, and macroevolutionary patterns and trends.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:344 pages
- Publisher:The University of Chicago Press
- Publication Date:01/08/2001
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- ISBN:9780226389301
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:344 pages
- Publisher:The University of Chicago Press
- Publication Date:01/08/2001
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- ISBN:9780226389301