false 22043 39096 0393327795 9780393327793 29 <![CDATA[Endless Forms Most Beautiful: The New Science of Evo Devo]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169269284m/39096.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169269284s/39096.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39096.Endless_Forms_Most_Beautiful_The_New_Science_of_Evo_Devo 4.07 137 Endless Forms Most Beautiful. The new science of "evo devo"--or evolutionary developmental biology--examines the relationships between those two processes, embryonic development and evolutionary changes, despite their radically different time scales. Carroll first offers a recap of how genes express themselves in a growing embryo, then peers into the life histories of real-life examples to explain how those genes have changed (or not changed) over millions of years of evolution. Paraphrasing Thomas Huxley, he asks us to consider evolution and development as two sides of the same coin.
We may marvel at the process of an egg becoming an adult, but we accept it as an everyday fact. It is merely then a lack of imagination to fail to grasp how changes in this process that assimilated over long periods of time, far longer than the span of human experience, shape life's diversity."
The book's second half is where Carroll really gets at the meat of evo devo, explaining how regulatory genes control such mysteries as individual and population changes in butterfly's spots, jaguar fur, and hominid skulls. Evo devo is one of the hottest areas of study in 21st-century biology, and Carroll's outline of the field is a great place to start understanding it. --Therese Littleton]]> 22043 4.00 325 89 2005 39093 0393061639 9780393061635 26 <![CDATA[The Making of the Fittest: DNA and the Ultimate Forensic Record of Evolution]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169269283m/39093.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169269283s/39093.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39093.The_Making_of_the_Fittest_DNA_and_the_Ultimate_Forensic_Record_of_Evolution 3.85 96 DNA evidence not only solves crimes—in Sean Carroll's hands it will now end the Evolution Wars.

DNA is the genetic material that defines us as individuals. Over the last two decades, it has emerged as a powerful tool for solving crimes and determining guilt & innocence. But, very recently, an important new aspect of DNA has been revealed—it contains a detailed record of evolution. That is, DNA is a living chronicle of how the marvelous creatures that inhabit our planet have adapted to its many environments, from the freezing waters of the Antarctic to the lush canopy of the rain forest.

In the pages of this highly readable narrative, Sean Carroll guides the general reader on a tour of the massive DNA record of three billion years of evolution to see how the fittest are made. And what a eye-opening tour it is - one featuring immortal genes, fossil genes, and genes that bear the scars of past battles with horrible diseases. This book clinches the case for evolution, beyond any reasonable doubt. 50 illustrations; 8 pages of color.]]> 22043 4.00 325 89 2006 6086725 015101485X 9780151014859 18 <![CDATA[Remarkable Creatures: Epic Adventures in the Search for the Origin of Species]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/60/725/6086725-m-1255712725.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/60/725/6086725-s-1255712725.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6086725.Remarkable_Creatures_Epic_Adventures_in_the_Search_for_the_Origin_of_Species 4.05 41
Just 150 years ago, most of our world was an unexplored wilderness. Our sense of how old it was? Vague and vastly off the mark. And our sense of our own species’ history? A set of fantastic myths and fairy tales. Fossils had been known for millennia, but they were seen as the bones of dragons and other imagined creatures.

In the tradition of The Microbe Hunters and Gods, Graves, and Scholars, Sean Carroll’s Remarkable Creatures celebrates the pioneers who replaced our fancies with the even more amazing true story of how our world evolved.

Carroll recounts the most important discoveries in two centuries of national history — from Darwin’s trip around the world to CharlesWalcott’s discovery of pre-Cambrian life in the Grand Canyon; from Louis and Mary Leakey’s investigation of our deepest past in East Africa to the trailblazers in modern laboratories who have located a time clock in our DNA. Join him in a rousing voyage of discovery, from the epic journeys of pioneering naturalists to the breakthroughs making headlines today.</div>]]> 22043 4.00 325 89 2009 4682314 0321556712 9780321556714 3 <![CDATA[Into The Jungle: Great Adventures in the Search for Evolution]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1221589817m/4682314.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1221589817s/4682314.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4682314.Into_The_Jungle_Great_Adventures_in_the_Search_for_Evolution 4.29 7 Into the Jungle invites students to step into the lives of naturalists who followed their dreams, and often risked their lives, to explore the unknown. Each of the nine stories in this brief reader chronicles the dramatic adventures of an influential zoologist, geologist, paleontologist, or geneticist on their path to some of the most important discoveries that have shaped our understanding of how life has evolved. Accessible and engaging, Carroll’s storytelling approach helps students appreciate the physical hardships the featured explorers endured and the obstacles they had to overcome in challenging societal belief systems and initiating paradigm shifts in the scientific community. In reading the tales, students will also come to understand the frequent role of serendipity in scientific discovery.]]> 22043 4.00 325 89 2008 259681 1405119500 9781405119504 0 <![CDATA[From DNA to Diversity: Molecular Genetics and the Evolution of Animal Design]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173217619m/259681.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173217619s/259681.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/259681.From_DNA_to_Diversity_Molecular_Genetics_and_the_Evolution_of_Animal_Design 4.67 3 22043 4.00 325 89 151772 4.50 4 1 151773 4.50 4 1 2004 6489892 3100102312 9783100102317 0 <![CDATA[Die Darwin-DNA]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6489892-die-darwin-dna 0.0 0 22043 4.00 325 89 2008 5252444 1429220120 9781429220125 0 <![CDATA[Introduction to Genetic Analysis Solutions MegaManua l& eBook]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5252444.Introduction_to_Genetic_Analysis_Solutions_MegaManua_l_eBook 0.0 0 135008 3.27 11 1 22043 4.00 325 89 107915 3.92 179 18 135007 3.40 5 1 455351 0.0 0 0 2007 5371649 1429229667 9781429229661 0 <![CDATA[Introduction to Genatic Analysis, Life Volume II & Solutions Manual]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5371649.Introduction_to_Genatic_Analysis_Life_Volume_II_Solutions_Manual 0.0 0 135008 3.27 11 1 22043 4.00 325 89 107915 3.92 179 18 135007 3.40 5 1 154140 3.86 7 1 154141 3.75 8 1 154143 4.11 9 4 219947 2.00 1 0 455351 0.0 0 0 2008 5975065 1429235039 9781429235037 0 <![CDATA[Introduction to Genetic Analysis (Looseleaf)& eBook]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5975065.Introduction_to_Genetic_Analysis_Looseleaf_eBook 0.0 0 135008 3.27 11 1 135007 3.40 5 1 107915 3.92 179 18 22043 4.00 325 89 219947 2.00 1 0 154140 3.86 7 1 154141 3.75 8 1 2008 6254165 1429220139 9781429220132 0 <![CDATA[Introduction to Genetic Analysis , Solutions MegaManual & eBook]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6254165.Introduction_to_Genetic_Analysis_Solutions_MegaManual_eBook 0.0 0 135008 3.27 11 1 455351 0.0 0 0 135007 3.40 5 1 107915 3.92 179 18 22043 4.00 325 89 2007