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Evolution on Earth

THINK25 - Spring 2014 - Instructor: Scott, M.
Last Updated: 23-Mar-2014

A guide to resources to THINK25: Evolution on Earth. How does evolution, the foundation of biology, underlie the diversification of life on earth? What are the mechanisms of evolution, and how are they discovered and explored? What are the practical implications of evolution for agriculture, medicine, and the future of life on earth?

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Background/Reference Sources for Research on Evolution

Encyclopedia of evolution / Mark Pagel, editor in chief.
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.
Biology Library (Falconer) » Stacks » QH360.2 .E54 2002 V.1
also available in electronic form.
The evolution wars : a guide to the debates / Michael Ruse ; foreword by Edward O. Wilson.
Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, c2000.
SAL1&2 (on-campus shelving) » Stacks » QH361 .R874 2000
Evolution in the courtroom : a reference guide / Randy Moore.
Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, c2002.
Green Library » Information Center » KF4208.5 .S34 M66 2002
Evolution of the insects / David Grimaldi, Michael S. Engel.
Cambridge, UK ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2005.
SAL3 (off-campus storage) » Stacks » QL468.7 .G75 2005 F
Evolving eden : an illustrated guide to the evolution of the African large-mammal fauna / Alan Turner and Mauricio Antón.
New York : Columbia University Press, c2004.
SAL3 (off-campus storage) » Stacks » QL731 .A1 T87 2004
Treatise on geophysics / editor-in-chief, Gerald Schubert.
1st ed. Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier, 2007.
Earth Sciences Library (Branner) » Reference » QC806 .T73 2007 V.1
also available in electronic form. See Chapter 9: The Evolution of the Earth
Encyclopedia of ecology / editor-in-chief Sven Erik Jørgensen, associate editor-in-chief Brian Fath.
1st ed. Oxford : Elsevier, 2008.
SAL3 (off-campus storage) » Stacks » QH540.4 .E515 2008 V.1
Also available in electronic form.
Encyclopedia of science, technology, and ethics / edited by Carl Mitcham.
Farmington Hills, MI : Macmillan Reference USA, c2005.
Green Library » Lane Reading Room » Q175.35 .E53 2005 V.1
Human genetics for the social sciences / by Gregory Carey.
Thousand Oaks : Sage Publications, c2003.
SAL1&2 (on-campus shelving) » Stacks » QH431 .C243 2003

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