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The beak of the finch : a story of evolution in our time

by Jonathan Weiner

This study details twenty years of biological research on the Galapagos island of Daphne Major. It documents real-time evolutionary changes in finch populations, illustrating how natural selection operates over short periods to influence species development.

Accession 31007 ISBN 0679400036 Publisher Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.
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