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Table of Contents “...A brief overview of the concept of mutation -- Ideas of mutation before there was a Mendelian basis for genetics -- Cytological and Mendelian aspects of mutation -- The fly lab redefines mutation -- Radiation and the analysis of mutation by mutagenesis -- Using biochemical approaches to study mutation -- Mutation in relation to gene structure -- Mutation in relation to evolution -- Mutation in relation to genetic engineering -- Mutation in relation to society -- Mutation in relation to history and philosophy of science....”

Table of Contents “...Introduction: "As deep as life itself" -- Birthmarks become landmarks : "little worlds in themselves" -- Genealogies, relationships, and histories -- Biobanking : medical records and genetic databases -- For whom the cell tolls : bioethics -- Biovalue : appropriating genomes -- Human variation -- Conclusion....”
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Table of Contents “...The Rise of Evolutionary Biology -- Molecular and Mendelian Genetics -- The Evidence for Evolution -- Natural Selection and Variation -- The Theory of Natural Selection -- Random Events in Population Genetics -- Natural Selection and Random Drift in Molecular Evolution -- Two-locus and Multilocus Population Genetics -- Quantitative Genetics -- Adaptive Explanation -- The Units of Selection -- Adaptations in Sexual Reproduction -- Species Concepts and Intraspecific Variation -- Speciation -- The Reconstruction of Phylogeny -- Classification and Evolution -- Evolutionary Biogeography -- The History of Life -- Evolutionary Genomics -- Evolutionary Developmental Biology -- Rates of Evolution -- Coevolution -- Extinction and Radiation....”
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Table of Contents “...Introduction: the social consequences of dual inheritance -- A brief history and outline of dual inheritance theory -- When genetic and cultural reproduction diverge -- The cultural channel -- Two kinds of sociality -- Society beyond the genetic program -- The asymmetry of cultural versus genetic reproduction -- The society of men -- Symbolic reproduction and reproductive symbolism -- Beyond gender asymmetry and male privilege -- Sources of human sociality -- Conclusion: the giant yams of Pohnpei....”

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Table of Contents “...--Day, M. H. The fossil history of man.--Sporne, K. R. The mysterious origin of flowering plants....”