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© 2011 by James A. Shapiro
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First Printing June 2011

ISBN-13: 978-0-13-278093-3

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data:

Shapiro, James Alan, 1943-
 Evolution : a view from the 21st century / James A. Shapiro.
   p. cm.
 ISBN 978-0-13-278093-3 (hardback : alk. paper)
 1. Evolution (Biology) 2. Genomics. 3. Molecular genetics. 4. Evolutionary genetics. I.
Title.
  QH447.S53 2012
  576.8—dc22
                                  2011008338

Dedication

This book is dedicated to Felix and Gus and all future grandchildren. May their generation share nature’s deep wisdom in adapting life to its home on Earth.