Evolutionary biology

Evolutionary biology is a subfield of biology concerned with the origin and descent of species, as well as their change over time, i.e. their evolution. One who studies evolutionary biology is known as an evolutionary biologist, or less frequently evolutionist.

Bibliography

Textbooks

• Douglas J. Futuyma, Evolutionary Biology (3rd Edition), Sinauer Associates (1998) ISBN 0878931899
• Douglas J. Futuyma, Evolution, Sinauer Associates (2005) ISBN 0878931872
• Mark Ridley, Evolution (3rd edition), Blackwell (2003) ISBN 1405103450
• Scott Freeman and Jon Herron, Evolutionary Analysis, Prentice Hall (2003) ISBN 0131018590
• Monroe W. Strickberger, Evolution (3rd Edition), Jones & Bartlett Publishers (2000) ISBN 0763710660
• Michael R. Rose and Laurence D. Mueller, Evolution and Ecology of the Organism, Prentice Hall (2005) ISBN 0130104043

Notable monographs and other works

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• Charles Darwin (1859) The Origin of Species and (1871) The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex
• Ronald Fisher (1930) The Genetical Theory of Natural Selection
• John Maynard Smith and Eörs Szathmáry (1997) The Major Transitions in Evolution
• Important publications in evolutionary biology.
• :Category:Notable publications in evolutionary biology