Frogs, flies, and dandelions : speciation--the evolution of new species / Menno Schilthuizen.
Frogs, flies, and dandelions : speciation--the evolution of new species / Menno Schilthuizen.
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Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.
Date
2001.
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N576.86/2
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English
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245 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
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Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.
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England
Date Published
2001.
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"The origin of new species - speciation - is a central theme in evolution. How do species split? Why? How long does it take for a new species to be born? And what is a species anyway? Such is the importance of the problem that Charles Darwin himself dubbed it 'the Mystery of Mysteries'." "These questions, the focus of intense debate in biology and...
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Frogs, flies, and dandelions : speciation--the evolution of new species / Menno Schilthuizen.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-230) and index.
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N576.86/2
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74VvkjkLX6Al
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019850392X
9780198503934
0198503938
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576.86
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991013995969702626