The Theory of Evolution

In this book, John Maynard Smith describes how the theory of natural selection has been confirmed, but at the same time transformed, by recent research, and in particular by the discovery of the laws of inheritance.

List of Figures

ix

Foreword to the Canto Edition

xi

Preface

xvii

Preface to the Second Edition

xx

Preface to the Third Edition

xxi

Introduction to the Canto Edition

1

(25)

Adaptation

26

(12)

The Theory of Natural Selection

38

(15)

Heredity

53

(23)

Weismann, Lamarck, and the Central Dogma

76

(11)

Molecular Evolution

87

(22)

The Origin and Early Evolution of Life

109

(13)

The Structure of Chromosomes and the Control of Gene Action

122

(11)

Variation

133

(17)

Artificial Selection: Some Experiments with Fruitflies

150

(15)

Natural Selection in Wild Populations

165

(19)

Protein Polymorphism

184

(9)

Altruism, Social Behaviour, and Sex

193

(23)

What are Species?

216

(15)

The Origins of Species

231

(14)

What Keeps Species Distinct?

245

(12)

The Genetics of Species Differences

257

(19)

The Fossil Evidence

276

(34)

Evolution and Development

310

(17)

Evolution and History

327

(19)

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The Theory of Evolution

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