Evolution
From Molecules to Ecosystems
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 26 February 2004
- ISBN 9780198515432
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages350 pages
- Size 246x189x19 mm
- Weight 804 g
- Language English
- Illustrations numerous figures and halftones 0
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Short description:
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 will appeal to students and professional researchers throughout the life sciences.
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Less than 150 years have elapsed since the publication of Darwin's seminal work on evolution by natural selection, yet in this short period of time evolutionary theory has transformed our thinking in all aspects of human endeavor. The rapid progress that has been made, particularly in the last decades, is reflected in this book, which illustrates many key advances in the field and provides a sampler of the diversity of questions and research approaches that constitute the modern study of evolution.
With contributions from leading experts, "Evolution: from molecules to ecosystems" addresses issues ranging from the fate of mutations to the origin of new genes, from mechanisms of speciation to patterns of radiation after mass extinctions, from recent migrations to ancient relationships, from symbiosis to virulent disease, and from the origin of play to perceptions of beauty. The book is designed to be advanced and up-to-date, but at the same time accessible and relevant to readers from the fields of genetics, ecology, animal behavior, anthropology and evolutionary biology. It will be particularly useful as a companion text for introductory and upper level courses in evolutionary biology.
The strength of this volume lies in the diversity of topics that it covers. The individual chapters are balanced discussing general ideas and theory at a level that is accessible to graduates and advanced undergraduates ... The book is easy to read and one can start almost at any page. This is the kind of book that I would like to see in each lab and being made available to all graduate students.
Table of Contents:
THE GENETIC MACHINERY OF EVOLUTION
Near neutrality and its implications for evolution
Inferring the action of natural selection from DNA sequence comparisons: data from Drosophila
Rates and effects of deleterious mutations and their evolutionary consequences
Gene duplication and evolution
The evolution of gene regulation: approaches and implications
Genomics and evolution: the path ahead
MOLECULAR VARIATION AND EVOLUTION
The evolution of virulence in AIDS viruses
Evolution and population structure of parasitic protozoa: the Plasmodium model
The evolution of endosymbiosis in insects
THE ECOLOGICAL AND BIOGEOGRAPHIC CONTEXT OF EVOLUTIONARY CHANGE
Evolutionary ecology: natural selection in freshwater systems
Evolutionary and ecological genetics of cyclical parthenogens
The timing of sex in cyclical parthenogenetic rotifers
From ecosystems to molecules: cascading effects of habitat persistence on dispersal strategies and the genetic structure of populations
Using molecules to understand the distribution of animal and plant diversity
SPECIATION AND MAJOR EVOLUTIONARY EVENTS
Allopatric speciation: not so simple after all
Introgression and hybrid speciation via transposition
Cooperation and conflict during the unicellular-multicellular and prokaryotic-eukaryotic transitions
Molecular evidence on the origin of and the phylogenetic relationships among the major groups of verebrates
Mass extinctions and evolutionary radiations
BEHAVIOR, EVOLUTION AND HUMAN AFFAIRS
Play: how evolution can explain the most mysterious behavior of all
The evolutionary psychology of human physical attraction and attractiveness
Genome views on human evolution
Could there be a Darwinian account of human creativity?
