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Carroll, Sean B.

The making of the fittest : DNA and the ultimate forensic record of evolution / Sean B. Carroll ; with illustrations by Jamie W. Carroll and Leanne M. Olds. - 1st ed. - New York, N.Y. : W.W. Norton & Co., c2006. - 301 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-284) and index.

Beyond any reasonable doubt -- The bloodless fish of Bouvet Island -- The everyday math of evolution: chance, selection, and time -- Immortal genes: running in place for eons -- Making the new from the old -- Fossil genes: broken pieces of yesterday's life -- Déjà vu: how and why evolution repeats itself -- Our flesh and blood: arms races, the human race, and natural selection -- The making and evolution of complexity -- Seeing and believing -- The palm trees of Wyoming.

ISBN: 0393061639 (hardcover) 9780393061635 (hardcover)

LCCN: 2006017197

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 101293178 DNLM

Subjects--Topical Terms:
DNA.
Evolution (Biology)
Evolution, Molecular.
DNA.

LC Class. No.: QP624 / .C37 2006

Dewey Class. No.: 572.8/6

National Agricultural Library Call No.: QP624 / .C37 2006

National Library of Medicine Call No.: 2006 M-988 QU 475 / C319m 2006