Evolution / Mark Ridley.

Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., [2004], ©2004.

1 online resource (xxv, 751 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of color plates) : illustrations (some color), color maps

3rd ed.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [699]-732) and index.

The Rise of Evolutionary Biology -- Molecular and Mendelian Genetics -- The Evidence for Evolution -- Natural Selection and Variation -- Evolutionary Genetics -- The Theory of Natural Selection -- Random Events in Population Genetics -- Natural Selection and Random Drift in Molecular Evolution -- Two-locus and Multilocus Population Genetics -- Quantitative Genetics -- Adaptation and Natural Selection -- Adaptive Explanation -- The Units of Selection -- Adaptations in Sexual Reproduction -- Evolution and Diversity -- Species Concepts and Intraspecific Variation -- Speciation -- The Reconstruction of Phylogeny -- Classification and Evolution -- Evolutionary Biogeography -- Macroevolution -- The History of Life -- Evolutionary Genomics -- Evolutionary Developmental Biology -- Rates of Evolution -- Coevolution -- Extinction and Radiation.