Nature at Work - the Ongoing Saga of Evolution by V. P. Sharma (2012, Trade Paperback)

Springer (India) Private The Limited

8184899912

9788184899917

80023071

V. P. Sharma

Trade Paperback

English

Life Sciences / Evolution, Life Sciences / General, General, Life Sciences / Biology

2012

Textbook

Education, Science

VIII, 402 Pages

22 Oz

1 Vol.

Qh301-705

From the reviews: "The editor has done a commendable job for having chosen topics that would interest everyone across the scientific fraternity. ... Each chapter is contributed by subject experts in their own chosen field of research, and is self-illustrative providing a good resource of references for supplementary readings. This book recapitulates Darwin's hallmark contribution and is indeed a good read and a must-have collection for college libraries." (Vas Dev, Current Science, Vol. 98 (11), June, 2010), From the reviews: The editor has done a commendable job for having chosen topics that would interest everyone across the scientific fraternity. … Each chapter is contributed by subject experts in their own chosen field of research, and is self-illustrative providing a good resource of references for supplementary readings. This book recapitulates Darwin's hallmark contribution and is indeed a good read and a must-have collection for college libraries. (Vas Dev, Current Science, Vol. 98 (11), June, 2010), From the reviews:The editor has done a commendable job for having chosen topics that would interest everyone across the scientific fraternity. … Each chapter is contributed by subject experts in their own chosen field of research, and is self-illustrative providing a good resource of references for supplementary readings. This book recapitulates Darwin's hallmark contribution and is indeed a good read and a must-have collection for college libraries. (Vas Dev, Current Science, Vol. 98 (11), June, 2010)

Nature at Work-The Ongoing Saga of Evolution

Legacy Continuum.- The descent of humans and the Darwinian unification of all life.- Ida: A link to human evolution.- Darwin's theory of evolution: Survival of nature's fit!.- The life and research of JBS Haldane in India with special reference to Charles Darwin.- Charles Darwin: A driving force for humanity toward agnosticism.- Viruses, Microbes and Fungi.- Phylogeographic evolution of plant viruses.- Evolution of HIV-1 in India.- Darwin and microbial evolution.- Evolutionary relationships among cyanobacteria, algae and plants: Revisited in the light of Darwinism.- Biodiversity, phylogeny and evolution of fungi.- Insects: Evolution in Action.- The origin of reproductive isolating mechanisms is an important event in the process of speciation: Evidences from Drosophila.- Adaptive radiation and insects.- Insights from mosquito evolution: Patterns, tempo and speciation.- The saga of pollination biology.- Genomics.- Darwinian evolution and post developments in genomics.- Pathogen pressure and molecular evolutionary genetics of innate immunity genes in humans.- Unique Case Studies.- Macroevolution in relation to the drift models of the Indian plate.- Testing the melanism-desiccation hypothesis: A case study in Darwinian evolution.- Origin and evolution of human malaria parasite, P. falciparum and P. vivax.- Evolutionary trends in soil-inhabiting alaimid nematodes.- Evolution of the cerebral cortex in amniotes: Anatomical consideration of neuronal types.- Medicinal and aromatic plants: A case example of evolving secondary metabolome and biochemical pathway diversity.- Conservation of Himalayan bioresources: An ecological, economical and evolutionary perspective.

2010

Scholarly & Professional

Yes