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Evolutionary biology, the Darwinian revolutions, Allen D. MacNeill, Part one

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Evolutionary biology, the Darwinian revolutions, Allen D. MacNeill, Part one

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eng

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Includes bibliographical references (guide)

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Main title

Evolutionary biology

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Oclc number

755062312

Responsibility statement

Allen D. MacNeill

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The modern scholar

Sub title

the Darwinian revolutions

Summary

MacNeill examines the biological component of why people do the things they do, from Charles Darwin's and Gregor Mendel's "dangerous ideas" to contemporary thought leaders and the forming of the modern synthesis of this vital field of study

Table Of Contents

Lecture 1. Darwin's revolutionary idea -- Lecture 2. Consensus and controversy -- Lecture 3. Doing science -- Lecture 4. Chance and necessity -- Lecture 5. The origin of the Origin -- Lecture 6. The Darwinian manifesto : natural selection -- Lecture 7. The Darwinian manifesto : descent with modification -- Lecture 8. Mendel's dangerous idea -- Lecture 9. Equilibrium violated : the Hardy-Weinberg Law -- Lecture 10. Fisher, Haldane, and Wright -- Lecture 11. Natural selection and speciation -- Lecture 12. Disturbing implications -- Lecture 13. Disastrous digressions -- Lecture 14. A temporary unity

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