Nature at Work: Ongoing Saga of Evolution

1. The descent of humans and the Darwinian unification of all life
P. Dayanandan

2. Ida: A link to human evolution
V. P. Sharma

3. Darwin’s theory of evolution: Survival of nature’s fit!
Veena Tandon, Gaurangi Maitra

4. The life and research of JBS Haldane in India with special reference to Charles Darwin
Krishna R. Dronamraju

5. Charles Darwin: A driving force for humanity toward agnosticism
Amit Sharma

6. Phylogeographic evolution of plant viruses
Anupam Varma, Shelly Praveen

7. Evolution of HIV-1 in India
Pradeep Seth

8. Darwin and microbial evolution
T. K. Adhya, M. Patra

9. Evolutionary relationships among cyanobacteria, algae and plants: Revisited in the light of Darwinism
Radha Prasanna, B. D. Kaushik

10. Biodiversity, phylogeny and evolution of fungi
C. Manoharachary, I. K. Kunwar, S. Vishnuvardhan Reddy

11. The origin of reproductive isolating mechanisms is an important event in the process of speciation: Evidences from Drosophila

B. N. Singh

12. Adaptive radiation and insects
V. V. Ramamurthy, Asha Gaur

13. Insights from mosquito evolution: Patterns, tempo and speciation
Karamjit Singh Rai

14. The saga of pollination biology
Rajesh Tandon, H. Y. Mohan Ram

15. Darwinian evolution and post developments in genomics
Arun Kumar Sharma

16. Pathogen pressure and molecular evolutionary genetics of innate immunity genes in humans
Partha P. Majumder

17. Macroevolution in relation to the drift models of the Indian plate
Ashok Sahni, R. S. Loyal

18. Testing the melanism-desiccation hypothesis: A case study in Darwinian evolution
Ravi Parkash

19. Origin and evolution of human malaria parasite, P. falciparum and P. vivax

Nidhi Datta, Virender Singh Chauhan

20. Evolutionary trends in soil-inhabiting alaimid nematodes
Mahlaqa Choudhary, M. Shamim Jairajpuri

21. Evolution of the cerebral cortex in amniotes: Anatomical consideration of neuronal types
U. C. Srivastava, R. C. Maurya

22. Medicinal and aromatic plants: A case example of evolving secondary metabolome and biochemical pathway diversity
Suman P. S. Khanuja, Tripta Jhang, Ajit Kumar Shasany

23. Conservation of Himalayan bioresources: An ecological, economical and evolutionary perspective
Lok Man S. Palni, Ranbeer S. Rawal

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