>I suppose any textbook on evolution (some excellent ones by that title have
>been written by Ridley, Futuyma, or Strickberger) would do, as they spell
>out the basic mechanisms and supporting evidence. However, two books that
>I commonly reccomend to friends are "The Blind Watchmaker" by Richard
>Dawkins and "Darwin's Dangerous Idea: evolution and the meanings of life"
>by Daniel Dennett. They are a fun read, with clear, easy to understand
>examples of Darwinian evolution. They are also very popular, and can be
>found at just about any library or book store.
Besides these textbooks is anyone aware of a more indepth book on
evolution?
My interest is mainly focussed on 'molecular' evolution. Especially in
the events from organic molecules towards the first selfreplicating
compartment (progenote).
There was this book edited by F? Maynard called Evolution Now from the
mid 80's that was/is very interesting to me. Maybe someone knowes a
similar, more recent, book.
Thanks in advance,
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Coen van der Weijden
Free University "sometimes saying nothing
Fac. of Biology says more"
Dept. of Microbiology
De Boelelaan 1087
NL-1081HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
020-4447192 (47189)
cweijden at bio.vu.nl
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