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Zusatztext The author presents a compelling forum of ideas and long-standing debates on whether the genome is principally evolving adaptively or neutrally; gradually or through large leaps; and whether species boundaries are distinct or porous. Informationen zum Autor Antonio Fontdevila was born in Barcelona, Spain. After completing a postdoc at the University of California, Davis, he returned to Spain where he was a Professor of Genetics at the University of Santiago de Compostela (1973-1980) and then at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (1980-2008), where he remains as an active Emeritus Professor. During this time he was Chairman of his department (1988-90), supervised 16 PhD theses, was Visiting Professor at more than 20 universities and invited speaker more than 35 times in 10 different countries. He has written 120 peer reviewed papers, edited one book, and co-authored two text books, as well as serving on several journal editorial boards, steering committees, and society councils. His research interests include the measurement of fitness in natural populations; ecological and evolutionary genetics of colonisation; molecular evolution and population genetics of transposable elements; and the evolution of reproductive isolation. Klappentext Provides a synthetic, readable account of some widely debated evolutionary issues in the context of our growing understanding of functional genomics. Zusammenfassung Provides a synthetic, readable account of some widely debated evolutionary issues in the context of our growing understanding of functional genomics. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface 1: The Dynamic Genome: A General Introduction 2: The Unity of Type: Ancient Homologies in the Genome 3: The Genome is Mobile 4: The Horizontal Genome 5: Reconstructing Darwinism: From Darwin to the Genome Via the Modern Synthesis Glossary References Index
