Evolution since Darwin: The First 150 Years

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Sinauer, Sep 29, 2010 - Science - 688 pages
This book combines the work of thirty-nine authors from twenty-two universities and two museums in five countries. It summarizes the progress in the major areas of research in evolutionary biology since Darwin, reviewing the current state of knowledge and active research, and looking toward the future of the field.

About the author (2010)

The editors are members of the Department of Ecology and Evolution at Stony Brook University, USA. Among them, they have more than 150 years of experience in evolutionary biology.

MICHAEL A. BELL studies the evolution of stickleback fish, ranging from molecules to fossils, and he co-edited The Evolutionary Biology of the Threespine Stickleback.

DOUGLAS J. FUTUYMA is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and author of the textbooks Evolutionary Biology and Evolution. He studies coevolution of insects and plants.

WALTER F. EANES studies the molecular and population genetics of Drosophila and is interested in the interface of metabolism and life history adaptation.

JEFFREY S. LEVINTON has a long interest in macroevolution, and wrote Genetics, Paleontology, and Macroevolution. He also studies the ecology and evolution of marine and aquatic invertebrates and has authored the textbook Marine Biology: Function, Biodiversity, Ecology and co-edited The Hudson River Estuary.

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