Rapidly Evolving Genes and Genetic Systems
| AUTHOR | Al, Singh Et; Kulathinal, Rob J.; Kulathinal, Rob J. et al. |
| PUBLISHER | Oxford University Press (09/07/2012) |
| PRODUCT TYPE | Hardcover (Hardcover) |
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Ever since the pioneering work of Darwin and Wallace, evolutionary biologists have tried to understand the evolutionary dynamics of genetic systems. A range of theories on the rates of evolution-from static to gradual to punctuated to quantum-have been developed, mostly by comparing morphological changes over geological timescales as described in the fossil record. However, new paleontological, experimental, molecular, and genomic investigations have injected a tremendous amount of new data and fresh perspectives, offering valuable insights on the rates of evolutionary change, particularly in those fast-evolving genetic systems. Rapidly Evolving Genes and Genetic Systems captures these recent exciting developments by bringing together information from morphological, molecular, cellular, developmental, and genetic investigations of both natural and experimental populations across a diversity of life forms. It provides case studies that exemplify rapid evolution, and showcases the diversity of rapidly evolving genes and genetic systems, emphasizing the extremely important roles that they play in adaptation, speciation, and the generation and maintenance of a diversity of biological traits and properties.
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ISBN-13:
9780199642274
ISBN-10:
0199642273
Binding:
Hardback or Cased Book (Sewn)
Content Language:
English
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Page Count:
312
Carton Quantity:
11
Feature Codes:
Bibliography,
Index,
Maps,
Illustrated
Country of Origin:
GB
Subject Information
BISAC Categories
Science | Life Sciences - Evolution
Science | Life Sciences - Biochemistry
Dewey Decimal:
572.838
Library of Congress Control Number:
2012937854
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Ever since the pioneering work of Darwin and Wallace, evolutionary biologists have tried to understand the evolutionary dynamics of genetic systems. A range of theories on the rates of evolution-from static to gradual to punctuated to quantum-have been developed, mostly by comparing morphological changes over geological timescales as described in the fossil record. However, new paleontological, experimental, molecular, and genomic investigations have injected a tremendous amount of new data and fresh perspectives, offering valuable insights on the rates of evolutionary change, particularly in those fast-evolving genetic systems. Rapidly Evolving Genes and Genetic Systems captures these recent exciting developments by bringing together information from morphological, molecular, cellular, developmental, and genetic investigations of both natural and experimental populations across a diversity of life forms. It provides case studies that exemplify rapid evolution, and showcases the diversity of rapidly evolving genes and genetic systems, emphasizing the extremely important roles that they play in adaptation, speciation, and the generation and maintenance of a diversity of biological traits and properties.
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