Patterns and Processes of Vertebrate Evolution (Cambridge Paleobiology Series)

Cambridge Paleobiology Series

Patterns and Processes of Vertebrate Evolution .

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Robert L. Carroll

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Patcmps snd hcesses of Vertebrate E d d o n is a new tart providing an in+ view of the forces that iduenw the patterns and rates-of vertebrate evolution,

from the level of living pphtions and species to those that resulted in the origin and radiation of the major vertebrate dada. The evolutionary rolca of behavior, development, continental drift, and mass cxdnctiom are compared with the importan- ofvariation and natural selection that were emphasized by Darwin. This book is w s i v e l y illustrated, showing major tions from fish to amphibians, dinomurs to birds, and land mammals to whaia. No book since S i p n ' s Mdm finturn of Evuhha has attempted such a broad study of the patterns and fom of evolutionary change.

U n w u a t e students taking a general or advanced mwse on woiution, as well as graduate student.. and professionah in evolutionary biology and phnmlogy, will find this b o k of pinterm.

ISBN 0-521-47809-X

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