On Evolution

Contents

Publisher’s Note vii Preface ix Genetic Differentiation during Speciation  Molecular Variability and Hypothesis Testing: An Ode to Electrophoresis  The Pocket Gopher  Gene Trees and Organismal Histories  Nature’s Family Archives  Molecular Clones within Organismal Clones  Aging, Sexual Reproduction, and DNA Repair  The Real Message from Biosphere   Conservation Genetics and Sea Turtles  The History and Purview of Phylogeography  Cladists in Wonderland  Evolving Genomic Metaphors: A New Look at the Language of DNA  Genetic Mating Systems and Reproductive Natural Histories of Fishes  An American Naturalist’s Impressions on Australian Biodiversity  The Best and the Worst of Times for Evolutionary Biology  Models, Metaphors, and Machines  Evolution’s Unanswered Questions  Source Articles  Index  Contents 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 This page intentionally left blank ...