Evolution : from molecules to ecosystems /
The book addresses many issues in the study of evolution where important advances have recently taken place and provides a sampler of the diversity of questions and research approaches that constitute the modern study of evolution. More advanced and up-to-date than currently available textbooks, it...
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
2004
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Table of Contents:
- Part I: The genetic machinery of evolution. Near neutrality and its implications for evolution / Tomoko Ohta ; Inferring the action of natural selection from DNA sequence comparisons: data from Drosophila / Montserrat Aguadé, Julio Rozas, and Carmen Segarra ; Rates and effects of deleterious mutations and their evolutionary consequences / Aurora García-Dorado, Carlos López-Fanjul, and Armando Caballero ; Gene duplication and evolution / Michael Lynch ; The evolution of gene regulation: approaches and implications / Casey M. Bergman and Nipan H. Patel ; Genomics and evolution: the path ahead / Fernando González-Candelas, Julie C. Ho, Alexandra M. Casa, and Stephen Kresovich
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- Part II: Molecular variation and evolution. The evolution of virulence in AIDS viruses / Edward C. Holmes ; Evolution and population structure of parasitic protozoa; the Plasmodium model / Stephen M. Rich and Francisco J. Ayala ; The evolution of endosymbiosis in insects / Roeland C.H.J. van Ham, Andrés Moya and Amparo Latorre
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- Part III: The ecological and biogeographic context of evolutionary change. Evolutionary ecology: natural selection in freshwater systems / Winfried Lampert ; Evolutionary and ecological genetics of cyclical parthenogens / Luc De Meester, África Gómez, and Jean-Christophe Simon ; The timing of sex in cyclically parthenogenetic rotifers / Manuel Serra, Terry W. Snell, and Charles E. King ; From ecosystems to molecules: cascading effects of habitat persistence on dispersal strategies and the genetic structure of populations / Robert F. Denno and Merrill A. Peterson ; Using molecules to understand the distribution of animal and plant diversity / Godfrey M. Hewitt
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- Part IV. Speculation and major evolutionary events. Allopatric speciation: not so simple after all / Menno Schilthuizen and Bronwen Scott ; Introgression and hybrid speciation via transposition / Antonio Fontdevila ; Cooperation and conflict during the unicellular-multicellular and prokaryotic-eukaryotic transitions / Richard E. Michod and Aurora M. Nedelcu ; Molecular evidence in the origin of and the phylogenetic relationships among the major groups of vertebrates / Rafael Zardoya and Axel Meyer ; Mass extinctions and evolutionary radiations / Douglas H. Erwin
- Part V: Behavior, evolution, and human affairs. Play: how evolution can explain the most mysterious behavior of all / Gordon M. Burghardt ; The evolutionary psychology of human physical attraction and attractiveness / Randy Thornhill and Steven W. Gangestad ; Genome views on human evolution / Jaume Bertranpetit and Francesc Calafell ; Could there be a Darwinian account of human creativity? / Daniel C. Dennett
- Glossary
- Foreword / Richard E. Lenski
- 1 Near neutrality and its implications for evolution / Tomoko Ohta
- 2. Inferring the action of natural selection from DNA sequence comparisons : data from Drosophila / Montserrat Aguade, Julio Rozas and Carmen Segarra
- 3. Rates and effects of deleterious mutations and their evolutionary consequences / Aurora Garcia-Dorado, Carlos Lopez-Fanjul and Armando Caballero
- 4. Gene duplication and evolution / Michael Lynch
- 5. The evolution of gene regulation : approaches and implications / Casey M. Bergman and Nipam H. Patel
- 6. Genomics and evolution : the path ahead / Fernando Gonzalez-Candelas, Julie C. Ho, Alexandra M. Casa and Stephen Kresovich
- 7. The evolution of virulence in AIDS viruses / Edward C. Holmes
- 8. Evolution and population structure of parasitic protozoa : the Plasmodium model / Stephen M. Rich and Francisco J. Ayala
- 9. The evolution of endosymbiosis in insects / Roeland C. H. J. van Ham, Andres Moya and Amparo Latorre
- 10. Evolutionary ecology : natural selection in freshwater systems / Winfried Lampert
- 11. Evolutionary and ecological genetics of cyclical parthenogens / Luc De Meester, Africa Gomez and Jean-Christophe Simon
- 12. The timing of sex in cyclically parthenogenetic rotifers / Manuel Serra, Terry W. Snell and Charles E. King
- 13. From ecosystems to molecules : cascading effects of habitat persistence on dispersal strategies and the genetic structure of populations / Robert F. Denno and Merrill A. Peterson
- 14. Using molecules to understand the distribution of animal and plant diversity / Godfrey M. Hewitt
- 15. Allopatric speciation : not so simple after all / Menno Schilthuizen and Bronwen Scott
- 16. Introgression and hybrid speciation via transposition / Antonio Fontdevila
- 17. Cooperation and conflict during the unicellular-multicellular and prokaryotic-eukaryotic transitions / Richard E. Michod and Aurora M. Nedelcu
- 18. Molecular evidence on the origin of and the phylogenetic relationships among the major groups of vertebrates / Rafael Zardoya and Axel Meyer
- 19. Mass extinctions and evolutionary radiations / Douglas H. Erwin
- 20. Play : how evolution can explain the most mysterious behavior of all / Gordon M. Burghardt
- 21. The evolutionary psychology of human physical attraction and attractiveness / Randy Thornhill and Steven W. Gangestad
- 22. Genome views on human evolution / Jaume Bertranpetit and Francesc Calafell
- 23. Could there be a Darwinian account of human creativity? / Daniel C. Dennett.