The Making of the Fittest - DNA and the Ultimate Forensic Record of Evolution

A geneticist and author of Endless Forms Most Beautiful discusses the role of DNA in the evolution of life on Earth, explaining how an analysis of DNA reveals a complete record of the events that have shaped each species and how it provides evidence of the validity of the theory of evolution. Reprint.

About the author

Sean B. Carroll is professor of genetics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. His first book, Endless Forms Most Beautiful, was a finalist for the 2005 Los Angeles Times Book Prize. Carroll's seminal scientific work has been featured in Time and The New Yorker. He lives in Madison, Wisconsin.

Product details

• Authors: Sean B. Carroll
• Publisher: Norton
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.09.2007
• EAN: 9780393330519
• ISBN: 978-0-393-33051-9
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 138 mm x 208 mm x 19 mm
• Weight: 248 g
• Illustrations: w. figs. and col. plates.
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > General, dictionaries