The Causes of Evolution is a 1932 book on evolution by J.B.S. Haldane (1990 edition ), based on a series of January 1931 lectures entitled "A Re-examination of Darwinism". It was influential in the founding of population genetics and the modern synthesis.
Chapters It contains the following chapters:
Introduction Variation within a Species The Genetical Analysis of Interspecific Differences Natural Selection What is Fitness? Conclusion
The book also contains an extensive appendix containing the majority of Haldane's mathematical treatment of the subject.
See also
Evolutionary biology
External links Description by Princeton U Press Contemporary review by R.A. Fisher Review of the 1990 Princeton University reprint