Adaptive Evolution of Genes and Genomes. Austin L. Hughes. Oxford University Press, New York. 1999. Pp. 270. Price £45.00, hardback. ISBN 0 19 511626 7.

Gender and Societies — The Herbert Spencer Lectures. Colin Blakemore and Susan Iverson (eds). Oxford University Press, Oxford. 2000. Pp. 205. Price £20.00, hardback. ISBN 0 19 829792 0.

Adaptive Genetic Variation in the Wild. Tomothy A. Mousseau, Barry Sinervo and John Endler (eds). Oxford University Press, New York. 2000. Pp. 265. Price £40.00, hardback. ISBN 0 19 512183 X.