Part VI: THE PATTERNS AND PROCESSES OF EVOLUTION.- Mechanisms of Evolution.- Reconstructing and Using Phylogenies.- Speciation .- Evolution of Genes and Genomes.- The History of Life on Earth.- .- Part VII: THE EVOLUTION OF DIVERSITY.- Bacteria, Archaea, and Viruses .- The Origin and Diversification of Eukaryotes.- Plants without Seeds: From Water to Land.- The Evolution of Seed Plants .- The Evolution and Diversity of Fungi.- Animal Origins and the Evolution of Body Plans.- Protostome Animals.- Deuterostome Animals.- .- Part X: ECOLOGY.- Ecology and the Distribution of Life.- Population Ecology.- Species Interaction and Coevolution .- Community Ecology.- Ecosystems and Global Ecology.- Biodiversity and Conservation Biology.
David Sadava, Claremont Colleges, USA
David is the Pritzker Family Foundation Professor of Biology,
Emeritus, at the Keck Science Center of Claremont McKenna, Pitzer,
and Scripps, three of The Claremont Colleges. In addition, he is
Adjunct Professor of Cancer Cell Biology at the City of Hope
Medical Center. Twice winner of the Huntoon Award for superior
teaching, Dr. Sadava taught courses on introductory biology,
biotechnology, biochemistry, cell biology, molecular biology, plant
biology, and cancer biology. In addition to "Life", he is the
author or coauthor of books on cell biology and on plants, genes,
and crop biotechnology. His research has resulted in many papers
co-authored with undergraduates, on topics ranging from plant
biochemistry to pharmacology of narcotic analgesics to human
genetic diseases. For the past 15 years, he has investigated
multi-drug resistance in human small-cell lung carcinoma cells with
a view to understanding and overcoming this clinical challenge. At
the City of Hope, his current work focuses on new anti-cancer
agents from plants and fungi.
David Hillis, University of Texas, USA
David is the Alfred W. Roark Centennial Professor in Integrative
Biology and the Director of the Center for Computational Biology
and Bioinformatics at the University of Texas at Austin, where he
also has directed the School of Biological Sciences. Dr. Hillis has
taught courses in introductory biology, genetics, evolution,
systematics, and biodiversity. He has been elected into the
membership of the National Academy of Sciences and the American
Academy of Arts and Sciences, awarded a John D. and Catherine T.
MacArthur Fellowship, and has served as President of the Society
for the Study of Evolution and of the Society of Systematic
Biologists. His research interests span much of evolutionary
biology, including experimental studies of evolving viruses,
empirical studies of natural molecular evolution, applications of
phylogenetics, analyses of biodiversity, and evolutionary modeling.
He is particularly interested in teaching and research about the
practical applications of evolutionary biology.
H. Craig Heller, Stanford University, USA
Craig is the Lorry I. Lokey/Business Wire Professor in Biological
Sciences and Human Biology at Stanford University. He earned his
Ph.D. from the Department of Biology at Yale University in 1970.
Dr. Heller has taught in the core biology courses at Stanford since
1972 and served as Director of the Program in Human Biology,
Chairman of the Biological Sciences Department, and Associate Dean
of Research. Dr. Heller is a fellow of the American Association for
the Advancement of Science and a recipient of the Walter J. Gores
Award for excellence in teaching. His research is on the
neurobiology of sleep and circadian rhythms, mammalian hibernation,
the regulation of body temperature, the physiology of human
performance, and the neurobiology of learning. Dr. Heller has done
research on a huge variety of animals and physiological problems
ranging from sleeping kangaroo rats, diving seals, hibernating
bears, photoperiodic hamsters, and exercising athletes. Some of his
recent work on the effects of temperature on human performance is
featured in the opener to Chapter 40.
May Berenbaum, University of Illinois, USA
May is the Swanlund Professor and Head of the Department of
Entomology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She
has taught courses in introductory animal biology, entomology,
insect ecology, and chemical ecology and has received awards at the
regional and national level for distinguished teaching from the
Entomological Society of America. A fellow of the National Academy
of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the
American Philosophical Society, she served as President of the
American Institute for Biological Sciences in 2009. Her research
addresses insect-plant co-evolution from molecular mechanisms of
detoxification to impacts of herbivory on community structure.
Concerned with the practical application of ecological and
evolutionary principles, she has examined impacts of genetic
engineering, global climate change, and invasive species on natural
and agricultural ecosystems. Devoted to fostering science literacy,
she has published numerous articles and five books on insects for
the general public.
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