Darwin in the Twenty‐First Century: Natural Selection, Molecular Biology, and Species Concepts - Handbook of Molecular Microbial Ecology II - Wiley Online Library

Darwin in the Twenty-First Century: Natural Selection, Molecular Biology, and Species Concepts^†

Francisco J. Ayala,

Francisco J. Ayala

University of California, Irvine, California, USA

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Francisco J. Ayala,

Francisco J. Ayala

University of California, Irvine, California, USA

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Book Editor(s):Frans J. de Bruijn,

Frans J. de Bruijn

Laboratory of Plant Micro-organism Interaction, CNRS-INRA, Castanet Tolosan, France

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First published: 16 September 2011

https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118010549.ch55

Citations: 1

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In this chapter I have made extensive use of previous publications of mine: One hundred fifty years without Darwin are enough! Genome Res. 19:693–699, 2009; Where is Darwin two hundred years later? J. Genet. 87:321–325, 2008; Evolution in the 21st Century. Co-editors: Daniel Kleinman, Jason Delborne, Karen Cloud-Hansen, and Jo Handelsman, Controversies in Science & Technology, third Volume. Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., New Rochelle, NY, 2010; and the book, Darwin's Gift to Science and Religion, F. J. Ayala. Joseph Henry Press, Washington, DC, 2007.

Summary

This chapter contains sections titled:

Charles Darwin
Darwin and the History of Ideas
From Natural Theology to Natural Selection
Natural Selection Versus Evolution
Evidence for Evolution: The Fossil Record
Molecular Evolution
Species Concepts
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