- What is a genome?
- What is the most convincing evidence of evolution?
- How do the embryos of different species support the idea of evolution?
Further Reading / Supplemental Links
- Stein, Sara, The Evolution Book, Workman, N.Y., 1986.
- Yeh, Jennifer, Modern Synthesis, (From Animal Sciences).
- Darwin, Charles, Origin of the Species, Broadview Press (Sixth Edition), 1859.
- Ridley, Matt, The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature. Perennial
Books, 2003. - Ridley, Matt, Genome, Harper Collins, 2000.
- Sagan, Carl, Cosmos, Edicions Universitat Barcelona, 2006.
- Carroll, Sean B., The Making of the Fittest: DNA and the Ultimate Forensic Record
of Evolution, Norton, 2006. - Dawkins, Richard, The Blind Watchmaker, W.W. Norton & Company, 1996.
- Dawkins, Richard, The Selfish Gene, Oxford University Press, 1989.
- Diamond, Jared, The Third Chimpanzee: The Evolution and Future of the Human
Animal, HarperCollins, 2006. - Mayr, Ernst, What Evolution Is, Basic Books, 2001.
- Zimmer, Carl, Smithsonian Intimate Guide to Human Origins, Smithsonian Press,
2008. - http://en.wikipedia.org/
Vocabulary
embryo An animal or plant in its earliest stages of development, before it is born or
hatched.
embryology The study of how organisms develop.
fossil The preserved remains or traces of animals, plants, and other organisms from the
distant past; examples include bones, teeth, impressions, and leaves.
fossil record Fossils and the order in which fossils appear; provides important records of
how species have evolved, divided and gone extinct.
genetics The scientific study of heredity.
genome All of the genes in an organism.