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Early Attempts to Understand the Origin of Life
Current Thinking About the Origin of Life
     Extraterrestrial Origin for Life on Earth
     Earth Origin for Life on Earth
Meeting Metabolic Needs— Heterotrophs or Autotrophs
     The Heterotroph Hypothesis
     The Autotroph Hypothesis
Reproduction and the Origin of Genetic Material
Major Events in the Early Evolution of Living Things
     The Development of an Oxidizing Atmosphere
     The Establishment of Three Major Domains of Life
     From Prokaryotic to Eukaryotic Cells
The Role of Natural Selection in Evolution
A Closer Look: The Voyage of HMS Beagle 1831–1836
     What Influences Natural Selection?
     Genetic Diversity Resulting from Mutation
     Genetic Diversity Resulting from Sexual Reproduction
     Acquired Characteristics Do Not Influence Natural Selection
Processes That Drive Natural Selection
     Differential Survival
     Differential Reproductive Rates
     Differential Mate Selection
The Hardy-Weinberg Concept
A Closer Look: The Development of New Viral Diseases
A Closer Look: Human-Designed Organisms

Accumulating Evidence of Evolution
Species: A Working Definition
A Closer Look: Is the Red Wolf a Species?
How New Species Originate
The History of the Development of Evolutionary Thought
The Tentative Nature of the Evolutionary History of Organisms







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