Jon Herron (University of Washington) is a dedicated teacher, author, and software developer. He is committed to improving how evolution is taught to today’s students, and he enjoys staying on top of the rapidly-changing field of evolution.

• Brief Contents I. INTRODUCTION A Case for Evolutionary Thinking: Understanding HIVThe Evidence for EvolutionDarwinian Natural SelectionReconstructing Evolutionary TreesII. MECHANISMS OF EVOLUTIONARY CHANGE Mutation and Genetic VariationMendelian Genetics in Populations I: Selection and Mutation as Mechanisms of EvolutionMendelian Genetics in Populations II: Migration, Genetic Drift, and Nonrandom MatingEvolution at Multiple Loci: Linkage and SexEvolution at Multiple Loci: Quantitative GeneticsIII. ADAPTATION Studying Adaptation: Evolutionary Analysis of Form and FunctionSexual SelectionKin Selection and Social BehaviorAging and Other Life History CharactersEvolution and Human HealthPhylogenomics and the Molecular Basis of AdaptationIV. THE HISTORY OF LIFE Mechanisms of SpeciationThe Origins of Life and Precambrian EvolutionThe Cambrian Explosion and BeyondDevelopment and EvolutionHuman Evolution

Jon Herron (University of Washington) is a dedicated teacher, author, and software developer. He is committed to improving how evolution is taught to today’s students, and he enjoys staying on top of the rapidly-changing field of evolution.

• Brief Contents I. INTRODUCTION A Case for Evolutionary Thinking: Understanding HIVThe Evidence for EvolutionDarwinian Natural SelectionReconstructing Evolutionary TreesII. MECHANISMS OF EVOLUTIONARY CHANGE Mutation and Genetic VariationMendelian Genetics in Populations I: Selection and Mutation as Mechanisms of EvolutionMendelian Genetics in Populations II: Migration, Genetic Drift, and Nonrandom MatingEvolution at Multiple Loci: Linkage and SexEvolution at Multiple Loci: Quantitative GeneticsIII. ADAPTATION Studying Adaptation: Evolutionary Analysis of Form and FunctionSexual SelectionKin Selection and Social BehaviorAging and Other Life History CharactersEvolution and Human HealthPhylogenomics and the Molecular Basis of AdaptationIV. THE HISTORY OF LIFE Mechanisms of SpeciationThe Origins of Life and Precambrian EvolutionThe Cambrian Explosion and BeyondDevelopment and EvolutionHuman Evolution

Jon Herron (University of Washington) is a dedicated teacher, author, and software developer. He is committed to improving how evolution is taught to today’s students, and he enjoys staying on top of the rapidly-changing field of evolution.

• Brief Contents I. INTRODUCTION A Case for Evolutionary Thinking: Understanding HIVThe Evidence for EvolutionDarwinian Natural SelectionReconstructing Evolutionary TreesII. MECHANISMS OF EVOLUTIONARY CHANGE Mutation and Genetic VariationMendelian Genetics in Populations I: Selection and Mutation as Mechanisms of EvolutionMendelian Genetics in Populations II: Migration, Genetic Drift, and Nonrandom MatingEvolution at Multiple Loci: Linkage and SexEvolution at Multiple Loci: Quantitative GeneticsIII. ADAPTATION Studying Adaptation: Evolutionary Analysis of Form and FunctionSexual SelectionKin Selection and Social BehaviorAging and Other Life History CharactersEvolution and Human HealthPhylogenomics and the Molecular Basis of AdaptationIV. THE HISTORY OF LIFE Mechanisms of SpeciationThe Origins of Life and Precambrian EvolutionThe Cambrian Explosion and BeyondDevelopment and EvolutionHuman Evolution