Biology · Evolutionary Biology
Phylogenetics & Systematics
A topic within Evolutionary Biology, itself one of 13 topics in that field and part of Biology.
Reading for Evolutionary Biology
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No prior grounding assumed.
- BookThe Selfish GeneRichard Dawkins, 1976
Reframes evolution from the gene's point of view, which explains altruism, conflict and cooperation more cleanly than group selection.
- EssayNothing in Biology Makes Sense Except in the Light of EvolutionTheodosius Dobzhansky, 1973· 5 pages
Without evolution biology is a pile of disconnected facts; with it, the same facts form a single explanatory structure.
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Assumes you know the vocabulary.
- BookOn the Origin of SpeciesCharles Darwin, 1859
Descent with modification through natural selection accounts for the diversity and design of living things without a designer.