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The Evolution of Complexity by John Tyler Bonner 1988 First Edition Hardcover
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller Notes
- Publication Year
- 1988
- Type
- Science Book
- Subject Area
- Biology
- Publication Name
- The Evolution of Complexity
- Educational Level
- Adult & Further Education, High School
- Level
- Intermediate, Advanced
- Subject
- Evolution
- ISBN
- 9780691084930
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Princeton University Press
ISBN-10
0691084939
ISBN-13
9780691084930
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1290923
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
272 Pages
Publication Name
Evolution of Complexity by Means of Natural Selection
Language
English
Subject
Life Sciences / Evolution
Publication Year
1988
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Science
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Weight
20.9 Oz
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
College Audience
LCCN
87-038490
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Edition
19
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
575
Synopsis
John Tyler Bonner makes a new attack on an old problem: the question of how progressive increase in the size and complexity of animals and plants has occurred. "How is it," he inquires, "that an egg turns into an elaborate adult? How is it that a bacterium, given many millions of years, could have evolved into an elephant?" The author argues that we can understand this progression in terms of natural selection, but that in order to do so we must consider the role of development--or more precisely the role of life cycles--in evolutionary change. In a lively writing style that will be familiar to readers of his work The Evolution of Culture in Animals (Princeton, 1980), Bonner addresses a general audience interested in biology, as well as specialists in all areas of evolutionary biology. What is novel in the approach used here is the comparison of complexity inside the organism (especially cell differentiation) with the complexity outside (that is, within an ecological community). Matters of size at both these levels are closely related to complexity. The book shows how an understanding of the grand course of evolution can come from combining our knowledge of genetics, development, ecology, and even behavior.
LC Classification Number
QH371.B65 1988
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