Evolution/Bibliography

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• Darwin's Gift electronic flip-book of essays written for The Lancet

• Nicholson WL (2009). "Ancient micronauts: interplanetary transport of microbes by cosmic impacts.". Trends Microbiol 17 (6): 243-50. DOI:10.1016/j.tim.2009.03.004. PMID 19464895. Research Blogging. ^[e]

Abstract: Recent developments in microbiology, geophysics and planetary sciences raise the possibility that the planets in our solar system might not be biologically isolated. Hence, the possibility of lithopanspermia (the interplanetary transport of microbial passengers inside rocks) is presently being re-evaluated, with implications for the origin and evolution of life on Earth and within our solar system. Here, I summarize our current understanding of the physics of impacts, space transport of meteorites, and the potentiality of microorganisms to undergo and survive interplanetary transfer.

• Vallender, E.J.; N. Mekel-Bobrov & B.T. Lahn (2008), "Genetic basis of human brain evolution", Trends in Neurosciences 31: 637, DOI:10.1016/j.tins.2008.08.010 ^[e]

A brief and balanced overview over the genetic mechanisms currently deemed relevant for the evolution of the human brain, along with pointers to some related methodological issues.

• Budd, G.E. (2006), "On the origin and evolution of major morphological characters", Biological Reviews 81 (04): 609–628, DOI:10.1017/S1464793106007135 ^[e]
• Gomez, J.C. (2005), "Species comparative studies and cognitive development", Trends Cogn Sci 9 (3): 118–125, DOI:10.1016/j.tics.2005.01.004 ^[e]
• Kutschera, U. & K.J. Niklas (2004), "The modern theory of biological evolution: an expanded synthesis", Naturwissenschaften 91 (6): 255–276, DOI:10.1007/s00114-004-0515-y

A historical overview dedicated to Ernst Mayr on the occasion of his 100th birthday. Portrays the major aspects of evolution and how they have been shaped by the development of biology as a field and by incorporation of data from an ever broader range of biological and neighbouring disciplines. Briefly explains the various uses of "synthesis" in this context and identifies major figures involved in the process.

• Pross, A. (2003), "The driving force for life's emergence: kinetic and thermodynamic considerations", J Theor Biol 220 (3): 393–406, DOI:10.1006/jtbi.2003.3178 ^[e]
• Davis, B.K (2002), "Molecular evolution before the origin of species", Progress in biophysics and molecular biology 79 (1-3): 77–133, DOI:10.1016/S0079-6107(02)00012-3 ^[e]
• Bull, J.J.; M.R. Badgett & H.A. Wichman et al. (1997), "Exceptional Convergent Evolution in a Virus", Genetics 147 (4): 1497–1507
• Jacob, F. (1977), "Evolution and tinkering", Science 196 (4295): 1161–1166, DOI:10.1126/science.860134 ^[e]