Bookauthor: Motoo Kimura.
Contents:
Intro
In Memory
Translators ́Notes and Acknowledgments
Preface
Contents
1: Diversity of Organisms and Views on Evolution
1.1 Diversity of Organisms
1.2 Biological Evolution as a Fact
1.3 History of the Development of Evolutionary Theory
1.3.1 Lamarck and Darwin
1.3.2 Contribution of Mendel
2: History of the Development of the Theory of Evolutionary Mechanism on the Basis of Genetics
2.1 Troubled Beginnings
2.2 Formation of Population Genetics
2.3 Synthetic Theory of Evolution and Panselectionism 2.4 Studies of Molecular Evolution and the Neutral Theory
2.5 Other Evolutionary Theories
3: Tracing the Course of Evolution
3.1 Outline of the History of Life
3.2 Evolution of Vertebrates
3.3 Evolution of Mammals
3.4 Evolution of Primates and the Emergence of Hominins
4: Mutation as an Evolutionary Factor
4.1 A Genetic View of Life
4.2 Nature and Variety of Mutations
4.3 The Nature of Gene Mutation
4.4 Phenotypic Effects of Gene Mutations
5: On Natural Selection and Adaptation
5.1 Darwin on Natural Selection 5.2 Modern Developments in the Theory of Natural Selection
6: Introduction to Population Genetics
6.1 What Is Population Genetics?
6.2 Gene Frequency and Mating System
6.3 On Genetic Equilibrium
6.4 On Genetic Drift
6.5 Behavior of a Mutant Gene in the Population
7: Introduction to Molecular Evolution
7.1 Eve of Molecular Evolutionary Studies
7.2 Basic Knowledge for Understanding Molecular Evolution
7.3 Estimation of the Rate of Molecular Evolution
7.4 Characteristics of Molecular Evolution
7.5 Accumulation Process of Mutations within a Species 8: The Neutral Theory and Molecular Evolution
8.1 Explanation by the Neutral Theory
8.2 Intraspecific Variation at the Molecular Level
8.3 Molecular Evolutionary Clock and Molecular Phylogeny
8.4 Other Topics Related to Neutral Evolution
8.5 Bridging Molecular Evolution and Phenotypic Evolution
9: An Evolutionary Genetic World View
9.1 The Human as a Product of Evolution
9.2 Thinking about the Question of Eugenics
9.3 Positive Eugenics and the Future of Mankind
9.4 Human Expansion into Space and Evolution
References
Chapter I
Chapter II
Chapter III Chapter IV
Chapter V
Chapter VI
Chapter VII
Chapter VIII
Chapter IX