Molecular Evolution: - A Phylogenetic Approach

Klappentext The study of evolution at the molecular level has given the subject of evolutionary biology a new significance. Phylogenetic 'trees' of gene sequences are a powerful tool for recovering evolutionary relationships among species! and can be used to answer a broad range of evolutionary and ecological questions. Zusammenfassung Taking the phylogenetic tree as the central metaphor of evolution! this text develops a phylogenetically based approach to molecular evolution that aims to enable students to see both the evolutionary relevance of molecular data! and the relevance evolutionary theory has for molecular studies.

List of contents

The Archaeology of the Genome.
Trees; Genes: Organization, Function and Evolution.

Genes in Populations.

Measuring Genetic Change.

Inferring Molecular Phylogeny.

Models of Molecular Evolution.

Applications of Molecular Phylogenetics

Product details

• Authors: E. Holmes, Edward C. Holmes, Edward C. (University of Oxford) Holmes, Holmes Edward C., Page, R. D. M. Page, R.D.M. Page, RDM Page, Roderic D. M. Page, Roderick D. M. Page, Roderick D.M. Page, Roderick D.M. (University of Glasgow) Page, Page R. D. M. Hol, Roderick D. M. Page
• Publisher: Blackwell Scientific Publishers Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.1998
• EAN: 9780865428898
• ISBN: 978-0-86542-889-8
• Dimensions: 175 mm x 245 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Microbiology; Evolution, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Evolution, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Molecular Biology, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Genetics & Genomics, molecular biology, Genetics (non-medical), Evolution / Evolutionary biology