Convergent Evolution: Limited Forms Most Beautiful

(Part of the Vienna Series in Theoretical Biology Series)

by George R. McGhee

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An analysis of convergent evolution from molecules to ecosystems, demonstrating the limited number of evolutionary pathways available to life.

Charles Darwin famously concluded On the Origin of Species with a vision of "endless forms most beautiful" continually evolving. More than 150 years later many evolutionary biologists see not endless forms but the same, or very similar, forms evolving repeatedly in many independent species lineages...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0262539098

ISBN13:9780262539098

Release Date:November 2011

Publisher:MIT Press

Length:336 Pages

Weight:1.09 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Age Range:18 years and up

Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher

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