Selection - The Mechanism of Evolution

Zusatztext "An outstanding book belonging on every science shelf." CHOICE, 2008, Vol. 45 No. 11 Informationen zum Autor Graham Bell is a professor of biology at McGill University in Montreal. He has published many articles on ecology and evolution, and three books: the Masterpiece of Nature (1982), Sex and Death in Protozoa (1988) and Selection (1996). Klappentext This book adopts a direct experimental approach to evolutionary questions, drawing predominantly from research on microbial systems. The focus is on processes and mechanisms, and incorporates insights from recent advances in whole-genome sequencing, bioinformatics, environmental genomics and developmental genetics. Zusammenfassung This book adopts a direct experimental approach to evolutionary questions, drawing predominantly from research on microbial systems. The focus is on processes and mechanisms, and incorporates insights from recent advances in whole-genome sequencing, bioinformatics, environmental genomics and developmental genetics.

Product details

• Authors: Graham Bell
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.12.2007
• EAN: 9780198569725
• ISBN: 978-0-19-856972-5
• No. of pages: 576
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > General, dictionaries; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / General, Evolution, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Botany, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Evolution, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Genetics & Genomics, Genetics (non-medical), Zoology and animal sciences, Botany and plant sciences, Dna & Genome, Animal Reproduction, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Anatomy & Physiology, Plant Reproduction & Propagation, Computational biology / bioinformatics