Evolution 101

Randy Moore is H.T. Morse-Alumni Distinguished Teaching Professor of Biology at the University of Minnesota. He had edited The American Biology Teacher and Journal of College Science Teaching, and serves on the editorial board of Journal of Biological Education. He has won numerous grants and teaching awards, including the Teacher Exemplar Award (Society for College Science Teachers). Moore, an Honorary Member of the National Association of Biology Teachers, has written over 200 articles and books, including numerous textbooks and Evolution in the Courtroom: A Reference Guide (2002).Janice Moore is professor of Biology at Colorado State University. She is the author of numerous scholarly articles and the book Parasites and the Behavior of Animals (2002). She is also co-editor of Host-Parasite Evolution (1997) and serves on the editorial board of BioScience.

• Series ForewordPreface1 The History of Evolutionary ThoughtEarly Ideas About Life's DiversityNaming LifeLamarck Proposes the First Testable Theory of EvolutionCharles DarwinDarwin Sets Sail Aboard the Beagle and Sees the WorldDarwin's Life Back in EnglandDown HouseWallace Provokes Darwin to Announce His IdeaThe Theory of Evolution After DarwinDarwin's Bold PredictionSummary2 Evidence for EvolutionThe Evidence for EvolutionThe Age of the EarthDetermining the Ages of Fossils and RocksFossilsExtinctionsArtificial SelectionEmbryologyBiogeographyComparative AnatomyVestigial StructuresMolecular BiologyWe Can Watch Evolution HappenEvolution, Life, and Death: The Evolution of Drug ResistanceCan Evolution Be Stopped?Contradictory Evidence?Evolution in the CourtroomSummary3 How Evolution WorksGenes Link GenerationsPesticide ResistanceDNA and ChromosomesThe Frequencies of Genes Can ChangeWhat Causes Genetic Variation?Mutation Can Cause Genetic VariationGene Flow Can Cause Genetic VariationGenetic Mixing Can Cause Genetic VariationEvolution Is Change in Gene Frequency—How Do Gene Frequencies Change?Conservation and Genetic DiversityNatural Selection Produces Adaptive Change in Gene FrequenciesSexual Reproduction Increases Genetic VariationThe Red Queen and Sexual ReproductionMate Choice Can Be AdaptiveSelection for One Extreme, Both Extremes, or the MiddleNice Guys Don't Have to Finish LastCalculating Coefficients of RelatednessMutualismSummary4 The Scale and Products of EvolutionMicroevolution Occurs Within PopulationsMacroevolution Produces Species DiversityWhat Is a Species?How Do Species Form?Species Form by Geographic Isolation, A Disturbance in Gene FlowSpecies Form When Shifts in Resources Disturb Gene FlowSpecies Form When Mate Choice Restricts Gene FlowSpecies Form When Genetic Changes Disturb Gene FlowThe Common Theme of Speciation Is Reproductive IsolationA Phylogeny Traces the History of SpeciationShared Traits Reveal Shared AncestryThree Types (Branches) of Living OrganismsWhere Did Life Come From?The Evolution of Multicellular OrganismsAdaptive Radiation Fuels BiodiversityPoisonous Oceans, Death Stars, and Mass ExtinctionSummary5 Evolution and Our Daily LivesDarwin's Predictions Continue to Ring TrueSocial DarwinismEugenicsThe Evolution of PathogensSociobiology and Evolutionary PsychologyHuman EvolutionSummaryAppendicesAppendix 1: The Geological TimescaleAppendix 2: Legal Decisions Involving the Teaching of Evolution and Creationism in Public SchoolsAppendix 3: A Timeline for Evolutionary ThoughtAppendix 4: Meiosis and Crossing OverAppendix 5: The Products of EvolutionGlossarySelected BibliographyIndex

[E]ven younger, motivated students should be able to gain some understanding of these topics without assistance or prior knowledge. Teachers will appreciate the depth and clairity.