Evolution Since Darwin: The First 150 Years

Summarizing progress and the current state of knowledge in major areas of research in evolutionary biology since Darwin for researchers and students, Bell et al. (ecology and evolution, State U. of New York, Stony Brook) assemble 22 chapters and eight short commentaries from a symposium, "Darwin 2009," held in November 2009 at Stony Brook U., where contributors working in evolutionary biology and the history and philosophy of science in the US, UK, Mexico, and Australia addressed areas of evolutionary biology and related research topics. The chapters cover the history of evolutionary biology, populations, genes and genomes, evolution of form, human cultural and biological evolution, adaptation and speciation, diversification and phylogeny, paleobiology, and applied evolution. Annotation c2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

The editors are members of the Department of Ecology and Evolution at Stony Brook University. Among them, they have more than 150 years of experience in evolutionary biology. Bell studies the evolution of stickleback fish, ranging from molecules to fossils, and he co-edited The Evolutionary Biology of the Threespine Stickleback. Futuyma is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and author of the textbooks Evolutionary Biology and Evolution. He studies coevolution of insects and plants. Eanes studies the molecular and population genetics of Drosophila and is interested in the interface of metabolism and life history adaptation. Levinton has a long interest in macroevolution, and wrote Genetics, Paleontology, and Macroevolution. He also studies the ecology and evolution of marine and aquatic invertebrates and has authored the textbook Marine Biology: Function, Biodiversity, Ecology and co-edited The Hudson River Estuary.