Basics of Evolution - Korzh O.P. - 2006
Chapter 1. History of the Development of the Synthetic Theory of Evolution
Chapter 2. The Population as the Elementary Evolutionary Unit
2.1. The Concept of Population
2.2. Main Characteristics of a Population
Chapter 3. Elementary Evolutionary Material
3.1. Variability as the Basis of Evolutionary Changes
3.2. Mutations as Elementary Evolutionary Material
3.3. Characteristics of Mutations
3.4. Mutation Load in Natural Populations
Chapter 4. The Mutation Process as an Elementary Evolutionary Factor
4.1. Requirements for Elementary Evolutionary Factors
Chapter 5. Population Waves
5.1. Population Dynamics and Its Causes
5.2. Evolutionary Significance of Population Waves
5.3. Types of Population Waves and Their Characteristics
Chapter 6. ISOLATION
6.1. Evolutionary Significance of Isolation
Chapter 7. Natural Selection
7.2. Content and biological significance of natural selection
7.3. Forms of natural selection
Chapter 8. Adaptation as a biological phenomenon
8.1. Essence and biological significance of adaptation
8.2. Adaptive significance of organism properties
8.3. Adaptation as an essential feature of the organization of life
8.4. Pathways of adaptation formation
Chapter 9. Species as a primary form of the organization of life
9.1. History of the development of the "species" concept
9.2. Modern concepts of species
9.3. Current problems in speciation and species concept
Chapter 10. Speciation as a fundamental process of evolution
10.1. The essence of speciation
10.4. Other forms of speciation
Chapter 11. Mechanisms of organ and function transformation
11.1. Prerequisites for the evolution of organs and functions
11.3. Substitution of organs and functions
11.4. Heterobathmy and compensation
Chapter 12. Evolution of ontogeny
12.1. Features of ontogeny in various taxonomic groups
12.2. Integrity and stability of ontogeny
12.3. Embryonization of ontogeny
12.4. Autonomous development of ontogeny
12.5. Relationship between ontogeny and phylogeny
Chapter 13. Features of phylogenesis
13.1. Forms of phylogeny in various groups
13.3. Rules of group evolution
13.4. Rates of group evolution
Chapter 14. Progressive evolution
14.1. Issues related to defining progress
14.4. Biotechnic and group forms of progress
14.5. Interrelationship of various directions of progress
14.6. Concepts of specialization and regressive evolution
15.3. The biosphere as a global ecosystem
15.4. Concepts of evolutionary ecology
15.5. Evolution of insular ecosystems
Chapter 16. Contemporary issues in evolution
16.1. Statement of the problem
16.2. Genetic foundations of evolutionary transformations
16.3. Monophyly and polyphyly in evolution
16.4. Problems of directed evolution
16.5. Micro-, macro-, and megaevolution
16.6. Evolution of evolutionary mechanisms
16.7. Problems of discreteness and continuity
Part III. PATHWAYS OF LIFE EVOLUTION
Chapter 17. Geochronology
17.1. Methods for determining geological age
17.2. Theories of the origin of life
Chapter 18. Evolution of lower organisms
18.1. Concepts of prebiological evolution
18.3. Three major aromorphoses of the Proterozoic
18.4. Viruses and their place in the evolution of life
Chapter 19. Main trends in the evolution of living organisms
19.1. Key milestones in plant evolution
19.2. Transition of plants to land
19.3. Bryophytes as an evolutionary dead end in higher plants
19.4. Origin of the seed as a milestone in higher plant evolution
19.5. Flowering plants as the pinnacle of higher plant evolution
Chapter 20. Main stages in the evolution of multicellular animals
20.1. Early Representatives and Major Trends in the Evolution of Multicellular Organisms
20.2. Increased Complexity of Animal Body Structure as a Necessary Stage of Evolution
20.3. Transition to Parasitism
20.4. Development of Body Cavities
20.6. Life in the Aquatic Environment
20.7. Transition of Vertebrates to Land
20.8. Progressive Development of Terrestrial Adaptations
21.1. Historical Record of the Evolution of Modern Humans