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Author Carroll, Sean B.

Title The making of the fittest : DNA and the ultimate forensic record of evolution / Sean B. Carroll ; with illustrations by Jamie W. Carroll and Leanne M. Olds.

Publication Info. New York : W.W. Norton & Co., [2006]
©2006
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Edition First edition.
Description 301 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [269]-284) and index.
Contents Preface : Beyond any reasonable doubt -- ch. 1. Introduction : The bloodless fish of Bouvet Island -- ch. 2. The everyday math of evolution : chance, selection, and time -- ch. 3. Immortal genes : running in place for eons -- ch. 4. Making the new from the old -- ch. 5. Fossil genes : broken pieces of yesterday's life -- ch. 6. Déjà vu : how and why evolution repeats itself -- ch. 7. Our flesh and blood : arms races, the human race, and natural selection -- ch. 8. The making and evolution of complexity -- ch. 9. Seeing and believing -- ch. 10. The palm trees of Wyoming -- Sources and further reading -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
Subject DNA.
Evolution (Biology)
Evolution, Molecular.
DNA.
ISBN 0393061639 hardcover
9780393061635 hardcover
9780393061635 (hardcover)
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