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I. INTRODUCTION. 1. A Case for Evolutionary Thinking: UnderstandingHIV. 2. The Evidence for Evolution. 3. Darwinian Natural Selection. II.MECHANISMS OF EVOLUTIONARY CHANGE. 4. Mutation and Genetic Variation. 5.Mendelian Genetics in Populations I: Selection and Mutation as Mechanisms ofEvolution. 6. Mendelian Genetics in Populations II: Migration, GeneticDrift, and Nonrandom Mating. 7. Evolution at Multiple Loci: Linkage andSex. 8. Evolution at Multiple Loci: Quantitative Genetics. III.ADAPTATION. 9. Studying Adaptation: Evolutionary Analysis of Form andFunction. 10. Sexual Selection. 11. Kin Selection and Social Behavior. 12.Aging and Other Life History Characters. 13. Darwinian Medicine. IV. THEHISTORY OF LIFE. 14. Reconstructing Evolutionary Trees. 15. Mechanisms ofSpeciation. 16. The Origins of Life and Precambrian Evolution. 17. TheCambrian Explosion and Beyond. 18. Development and Evolution. 19. HumanEvolution.