Bibliograph

Improbable destinies, fate, chance, and the future of evolution, Jonathan B. Losos ; illustrated by Marlin Peterson

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Label

Improbable destinies, fate, chance, and the future of evolution, Jonathan B. Losos ; illustrated by Marlin Peterson

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages [343]-353) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Improbable destinies

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

965731870

Responsibility statement

Jonathan B. Losos ; illustrated by Marlin Peterson

Sub title

fate, chance, and the future of evolution

Summary

A Harvard museum curator draws on the latest breakthroughs in evolutionary biology to examine how tiny, random convergences, from mutations to butterfly sneezes, have triggered remarkable evolutionary changes

Table Of Contents

Introduction: The good dinosaur -- Part one: Nature's doppelgängers. Evolutionary déjà vu ; Replicated reptiles ; Evolutionary idiosyncrasy -- Part two: Experiments in the wild. The not-so-glacial pace of evolutionary change ; Colorful Trinidad ; Lizard castaways ; From manure to modern science ; Evolution in swimming pools and sandboxes -- Part three: Evolution under the microscope. Replaying the tape ; Breakthrough in a bottle ; Jots, tittles, and drunken fruit flies ; The human environment ; Conclusion: Fate, chance, and the inevitability of humans

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