Evolution - Softcover

Bergstrom, Carl T.; Dugatkin, Lee Alan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0393913414 ISBN 13: 9780393913415

Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc, 2012

Synopsis

Evolution presents foundational concepts through a contemporary framework of population genetics and phylogenetics that is enriched by current research and stunning art. In every chapter, new critical thinking questions and expanded end-of-chapter problems emphasizing data interpretation reinforce the Second Edition’s focus on helping students think like evolutionary biologists.

About this title

About the Author:

Carl T. Bergstrom is a professor in the Department of Biology at the University of Washington in Seattle and a member of the external faculty at the Santa Fe Institute. He received his undergraduate degree in 1993 from Harvard University where he worked with Naomi Price and David Haig, and his PhD in 1998 from Stanford University where he worked with Marc Feldman. His postdoctoral work was done with Bruce Levin at Emory University. Dr. Bergstrom s research uses mathematical models and evolutionary theory to understand biological and social processes on scales from intracellular information processing to the population-wide spread of emerging infectious diseases. In addition to teaching the undergraduate evolution course at the University of Washington, Dr. Bergstrom teaches courses on evolution and medicine, game theory and animal behavior, and mathematical biology.

About this edition

• Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0393913414
• ISBN 13: 9780393913415
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 677