Evolution, Third Edition July 2013 Evolution, Third Edition – a comprehensive exploration of contemporary evolutionary biology
Thoroughly updated, Evolution, Third Edition, addresses major themes — including the history of evolution, evolutionary processes, adaptation, and evolution as an explanatory framework — at levels of biological organization ranging from genomes to ecological communities. Throughout, the text emphasizes the interplay between theory and empirical tests of hypotheses, to help students become more familiar with the process of science. With a helpful list of important concepts and terms in each chapter, dynamic figures and lively photographs the new edition of Evolution will inspire and inform the next generation.
About the Author
Douglas J. Futuyma is Distinguished Professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolution at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. He is the author of two previous editions of Evolution, as well as three editions of its predecessor, Evolutionary Biology, and has authored or edited several 9781605351155 other books. Dr. Futuyma has received the 1997 Sewall Wright Award of the American Society of July 2013 | Hardback Naturalists and the 2012 Joseph Leidy Award of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University 656pp | £46.99 (Philadelphia). He has served as Editor of Evolution and is currently Editor of the Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics. His major research interests include evolution of host specificity Request an inspection copy today at in herbivorous insects and of interactions among insects and plants, speciation, and evolution of www.palgrave.com/Futuyma3e community structure. What’s New?
• Greatly revised treatment of methods of phylogenetic analysis Chapter 4 includes updated material of feathered • Up-to-date coverage of human evolution, based on the fossil record and genomic dinosaurs and the origin of birds, including Figure variation 4.9 which references papers from 2010 and 2012 • Reorganized treatment of the history of changes in biological diversity, integrating information from palaeontology and phylogenetics • Coverage of important new developments in sexual selection and the evolutionary advantage of sex • Updated and expanded coverage of reinforcement in speciation, and of speciation with gene flow – View Chapter 18: Speciation today. • Extensive updating of very recent advances in evolutionary genomics • Approximately 25% new figures • 460 new citations (of approximately 1,700)
For more information, explore the Chapter 9 includes new and updated material Chapter-by-Chapter Guide to New Content… on nongenetic inherited variation, linkage disequilibrium and patterns of human genetic variation, in relation to notions of “race” A Chapter-by-Chapter Guide to New Content
1. Evolutionary Biology 6. The Geography of Evolution 10. Genetic Drift: Evolution at Random • Added example of hypothetico-deductive method • A description of new methods of historical • Expanded introduction to random processes in evolution (prediction and verification) in evolutionary biology biogeographic analysis • Updated material on reduced variation caused by • New material on the spread of Homo sapiens beyond population bottlenecks Africa (including admixture of Neanderthal and • New, updated section on molecular clocks 2. The Tree of Life: Classification and Phylogeny Denisovan genes) • Rewritten and updated material on the origin of modern • Revised, updated discussion of statistical methods of Homo sapiens, human effective population size, and phylogenetic analysis genetic correlates of explosive population growth • New box describing additional phylogenetic methods 7. The Evolution of Biodiversity • Updated discussion of incomplete lineage sorting • Improved integration of paleontological and • New section on applications and extensions of phylogenetic approaches to estimating clade 11. Natural Selection and Adaptation phylogenetics diversity through time • Added discussion of selection sorting in both time • Updated material on patterns of temporal change and space in clade diversity • New material on effective environment depending 3. Patterns of Evolution • Updated discussion of diversity-dependent on species • New material on molecular convergence diversification • Expanded treatment of testing hypotheses of • Updated discussion of comparative genome sizes • New section on why some kinds of organisms adaptation by experiments and numbers of genes in genome are more diverse • Material on adaptive evolution moved to this • Updated and expanded section on adaptive radiation chapter and expanded • New section on adaptation to global warming 4. Evolution in the Fossil Record • Updated material on feathered dinosaurs and the 8. The Origin of Genetic Variation origin of birds • Updated discussion of effects of regulatory mutations 12. The Genetic Theory of Natural Selection • Updated information about the Hominin fossil record, • New material on molecular causes of pleiotropy • Updated examples of gene flow vs. selection, the new genomic data, and human origins • Updated material on fitness effects of mutation in effect of gene flow on local adaptation, and noncoding regions of the genome, and on the frequency-dependent selection frequency of neutral and nonneutral mutations • Updated treatment of a classic example: industrial 5. A History of Life on Earth • New description of epistatic mutations melanism in the peppered moth Updated references and information on: the origin of • New material on detecting selection from geographic life/earliest life; laboratory evolution of RNA mixtures; variation the evolution of multicellularity; comparative genetics 9. Variation: The Foundation of Evolution • Updated treatment of selection in the human genome of choanoflagellates and animals; age of animal • New section on nongenetic inherited variation • New section dealing with adaptation based on new vs. phyla; the evolution of angiosperms; phylogeny of • Recast material on linkage disequilibrium standing variation vertebrate groups; early mammalian diversity; causes • Updated references on patterns of human genetic • McDonald-Kreitman test for selection moved from of Pleistocene megafaunal extinction variation, in relation to notions of “race” Chapter 10 13. Phenotypic Evolution 17. Species 21. Evolution and Development • Substantial rewriting and shortening of some sections • Expanded treatment of phylogenetic species concepts Contributed by John R. True • Updated material on QTL for human traits • Updated discussion of ecological isolation, hybrid • Updated coverage of the evolutionary developmental • New treatment of directional selection in inviability, and the genetics of behavioural isolation biology of flower development contemporary human populations • Expanded treatment of genetic incompatibility based • New material on the evolutionary developmental • New treatment of evolution of phenotypic plasticity on duplicate genes biology of flower symmetry • Updates on genetic constraints, modularity, and • Revised section on genetic divergence and exchange • Updated section on genome-level and pathway evolution of pleiotropy perspectives of developmental evolution • New section on whether adaptation can rescue species • Updated discussions of protein sequence changes in from extinction 18. Speciation regulatory and morphological evolution • Expanded section on evidence for allopatric speciation • New perspectives on macroevolution and the role of • Updated discussion of ecological speciation developmental arrest in morphological evolution 14. The Evolution of Life Histories • Expanded treatments of sexual selection and • New material on the integration of ecological • Rewritten section on age schedules of reproduction speciation and of peripatric speciation developmental biology • Section on “Life Histories and Mating Strategies” • Revised section on sympatric speciation; new material moved to this chapter from Chapter 15 on genomic studies of speciation with gene flow 22. Macroevolution: Evolution above the Species Level 15. Sex and Reproductive Success 19. Coevolution: Evolving Interactions • Updated treatment of stasis, gradualism and saltation, • Updated material on the costs of sex, clonal among Species and the evolution of complex characteristics interference, sex and parasites • Revised section on aposematism and mimicry • New material on developmental biology and • Treatment of the newest models of the advantage of • Expanded and reorganized section on parasite–host complexity sex and recombination (separating advantageous interactions and infectious disease • Revised section on evolvability alleles from disadvantageous alleles elsewhere in • Revised material on evolution of competitive • New section on predictability and contingency in the genome) interactions evolution • Reorganized material on the evolution of mate choice • New section on evolution and community structure • New sections on reversed and mutual sexual selection, and on the effects of sexual selection on adaptation 23. Evolutionary Science and Creationism • Updated treatment of sexual conflict 20. Evolution of Genes and Genomes • Updated discussion of evolution in relation to health Contributed by Scott V. Edwards and medicine • New section on diverse players and processes in • New material on evolutionary approaches to pest 16. Conflict and Cooperation genomes management • Reorganized discussion of social interactions and • New information on the fraction of the genome cooperation that is functional • Expanded material on the direct benefits of cooperation • Discussion of developmental processes and rates of • New section on the evolution of spite protein evolution For more details visit • Updated and reorganized sections on social insects • Discussion of what newly sequenced genomes reveal and on kin selection vs. group selection about major events in the history of life www.palgrave.com/Futuyma3e • Expanded treatment of evolutionary approaches to • Revised material on molecular convergence as to download the complete chapter human behaviour evidence for natural selection by chapter guide. Media and Supplements
For the Lecturer Instructor’s Resource Library The Instructor’s Resource Library includes a variety of resources to help you develop your course and deliver your lectures, including: • Textbook Figures and Tables: All the figures, photographs and tables from the textbook are provided as JPEGs (both high- and low-resolution). • PowerPoint Presentations: For each chapter, all of the chapter’s figures and tables are provided Online Quizzing in a ready-to-use PowerPoint presentation, making it easy to quickly insert figures into your own lecture presentations. A set of online quizzes is available via the Companion Website. These can be assigned or • Answers to the textbook end-of-chapter Problems and Discussion Topics released for student self-study and lecturers can • Quiz Questions from the Companion Website also add their own questions to the quizzing system, to create custom quizzes. The results can be viewed • Data Analysis and Simulation Exercises from the Companion Website, with answers online or downloaded. (Lecturer registration is required for student access to the quizzes.) For the Student Companion Website The Companion Website features review and study tools to help students master the material presented in the textbook, including: • Chapter Outlines and Summaries: Concise overviews of the important topics covered in each chapter. • Data Analysis Exercises: Expanded for the Third Edition, these inquiry-based exercises involve students in working with data and analysing methods and conclusions from published papers. • Simulation Exercises: Interactive modules that allow students to explore many of the dynamic processes of evolution, and answer questions based on the results they observe. • Online Quizzes: Assignable quizzes that cover all the major concepts introduced in each chapter. • Flashcards & Key Terms: Easy-to-use activities that help students learn all the key terminology introduced in each chapter. • The complete Glossary Example Simulation available on the Companion Website July 2013 | Hardback 656pp | £46.99 9781605351155
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