1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910456253003321

Titolo

Tempo and mode in evolution [[electronic resource] ] : genetics and paleontology 50 years after Simpson / / Walter M. Fitch, Francisco J. Ayala, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1995

ISBN

1-280-19329-8

9786610193295

0-309-55267-2

0-585-03722-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (336 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

FitchWalter M. <1929-2011.>

AyalaFrancisco José <1934->

Disciplina

575

Soggetti

Evolution (Biology)

Genetics

Paleontology

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"National Academy of Sciences."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Tempo And Mode In Evolution""; ""Copyright""; ""PREFACE""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Contents""; ""PART I EARLY LIFE""; ""1 Tempo, Mode, the Progenote, and the Universal Root""; ""STAGES IN THE EVOLUTION OF THE CELLULAR INFORMATION-PROCESSING SYSTEM""; ""THE BASIC KINDS OF LIVING THINGS""; ""THE WOESIAN REVOLUTION""; ""ROOTING THE UNIVERSAL TREE""; ""IMPLICATIONS OF THE ROOTING FOR AN UNDERSTANDING OF TEMPO AND MODE IN EARLY CELLULAR EVOLUTION""; ""But Is the Rooting Right?""; ""Where Next?""; ""SUMMARY""; ""References""

""2 Phylogeny from Function: The Origin of tRNA Is in Replication, not Translation""""METHODS""; ""RESULTS AND DISCUSSION""; ""CONCLUSIONS AND FUTURE PROSPECTS""; ""SUMMARY""; ""References""; ""3 Disparate Rates, Differing Fates: Tempo and Mode of Evolutionm Changed from the Precambrian  to the Phanerozoic""; ""TEMPOS OF EVOLUTION""; ""CYANOBACTERIAL HYPOBRADYTELY"";



""SURVIVAL OF THE ECOLOGICALLY UNSPECIALIZED""; ""A BIPARTITE VIEW OF THE HISTORY OF LIFE""; ""SUMMARY""; ""References""; ""4 Proterozoic and Early Cambrian Protists: Evidence for Accelerating Evolutionary Tempo""

""THE NATURE AND LIMITATIONS OF THE RECORD""""EARLY EUKARYOTIC FOSSILS: A NARRATIVE RECORD""; ""ESTIMATES OF EVOLUTIONARY TEMPO""; ""DISCUSSION""; ""CONCLUSIONS""; ""SUMMARY""; ""References""; ""PART II MACROEVOLUTION""; ""5 Late Precambrian Bilaterians: Grades and Clades""; ""APPEARANCE OF PHYLA IN THE FOSSIL RECORD""; ""THE RISE OF BODY-PLAN COMPLEXITY""; ""PHYLOGENETIC MODELS AND BODY PLANS""; ""TEMPO AND MODE AND BODY PLANS""; ""SUMMARY""; ""References""; ""6 The Role of Extinction in Evolution""; ""CHARLES DARWIN ON EXTINCTION""; ""GEORGE GAYLORD SIMPSON ON EXTINCTION""

""THE RECORD OF EXTINCTION""""EPISODES OF EXTINCTION""; ""SELECTIVITY""; ""CAUSES OF EXTINCTION""; ""THE ROLE OF EXTINCTION""; ""SUMMARY""; ""References""; ""7 Tempo and Mode in the Macroevolutionary Reconstruction of Darwinism""; ""DARWIN'S UNIFORMITARIANISM AND THE DOWNGRADING OF MACROEVOLUTION""; ""TEMPO AND MODE: A POTENTIAL SOLUTION UNDERMINED""; ""A SOLUTION IN BONDED INDEPENDENCE""; ""SUMMARY""; ""REFERENCES""; ""8 Morphological Evolution Through Complex Domains of Fitness""; ""PLANTS AS A VENUE FOR SIMULATED WALKS""; ""SINGLE- VERSUS MULTI-TASK WALKS""

""WEAKNESSES AND STRENGTHS OF SIMULATED WALKS""""SUMMARY""; ""REFERENCES""; ""PART III HUMAN EVOLUTION""; ""9 Tempo and Mode in Human Evolution""; ""SPECIES, CLADES, AND PHYLOGENY""; ""BIPEDALISM AND THE POSTCRANIUM""; ""MASTICATION""; ""ENCEPHALIZATION""; ""STASIS, PUNCTUATION, AND TRENDS""; ""SUMMARY""; ""References""; ""10 Molecular Genetics of Speciation and Human Origins""; ""SPECIATION BY FOUNDER EFFECT""; ""THE MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX""; ""TRANS-SPECIFIC POLYMORPHISMS""; ""EVOLUTIONARY HISTORY OF THE DRB1 GENE LOCUS""; ""PERSISTENCE OF POLYMORPHISMS""

""EVOLUTIONARY SUBSTITUTIONS AND COALESCENCE THEORY""



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910715644603321

Titolo

Alfred Conkling. Letter from Judge Conkling to the Hon. Christopher Morgan. January 4, 1841. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Washington, D.C.] : , : [publisher not identified], , 1841

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (3 pages)

Collana

House document / 26th Congress, 2nd session. House ; ; no. 95

[United States congressional serial set ] ; ; [serial no. 384]

Altri autori (Persone)

ConklingAlfred

Soggetti

District courts

Judicial ethics

Jury

Actions and defenses

Misconduct in office

Political corruption

Trials

Judges

Legislative materials.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Batch processed record: Metadata reviewed, not verified. Some fields updated by batch processes.

FDLP item number not assigned.



3.

Record Nr.

UNISA990006093870203316

Autore

LEVI, Primo <1919-1987>

Titolo

La tregua / Primo Levi ; presentazione e note a cura dell'autore

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Torino, : Einaudi, 1965

Descrizione fisica

273 p. ; 19 cm

Collana

Letture per la scuola media ; 3

Disciplina

853.91

Collocazione

XV.9.M. 1791

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia