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Informationen zum Autor Michael Lynch is Distinguished Professor of Biology at Indiana University. He received his B.S. in Biology from St. Bonaventure University, and his Ph.D. in Ecology from the University of Minnesota. Dr. Lynch has served as President of both the Society for the Study of Evolution and the American Genetic Association, and is a past council member of the Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution, and a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. His research is focused on mechanisms of evolution at the gene, genomic, cellular, and phenotypic levels, with special attention being given to the roles of mutation, random genetic drift, and recombination. Klappentext The availability of genomic blueprints for hundreds of species has led to a transformation in biology! encouraging the proliferation of adaptive arguments for the evolution of genomic features. This text explains why the details matter and presents a framework for how the architectural diversity of eukaryotic genomes and genes came to arise. Zusammenfassung The availability of genomic blueprints for hundreds of species has led to a transformation in biology, encouraging the proliferation of adaptive arguments for the evolution of genomic features. This text explains why the details matter and presents a framework for how the architectural diversity of eukaryotic genomes and genes came to arise. Inhaltsverzeichnis The Origin of Eukaryotes.- Genome Size and Organismal Complexity.- The Human Genome.- Why Population Size Matters.- Three Keys to Chromosomal Integrity.- The Nucleotide-composition Landscape.- Mobile Genetic Elements.- Genomic Expansion by Gene Duplication.- Genes in Pieces.- Transcription and Regulatory-region Complexity.- Expansion and Contraction of Organelle Genomes.- Sex Chromosome Evolution.- Genomfart.
