Several questions on evolution, and mutation (rate)

[vorsterd at iafrica.com]

Don't forget about recombination.

Some literature for the layman is "In search of the double helix", can't 
remember the author but he has written a lot of popularised science. He is also 
the author of "In search of Schrodingers cat".

Try something like "The Quark and the Jaguar" by Murray Gel Mann for an 
exteremely interesting and more holistic perspective.