Motoo Kimura

The Neutral Theory of Molecular Evolution

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book is the first comprehensive treatment of this subject.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. März 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 582g
• ISBN-13: 9780521317931
• ISBN-10: 0521317932
• Artikelnr.: 22396050

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Introduction
1. From Lamarck to population genetics
2. Overdevelopment of the synthetic theory and the proposal of the neutral theory
3. The neutral mutation-random drift hypothesis as an evolutionary paradigm
4. Molecular evolutionary rates contrasted with phenotypic evolutionary rates
5. Some features of molecular evolution
6. Definition, types and action of natural selection
7. Molecular structure, selective constraint and the rate of evolution
8. Population genetics at the molecular level
9. Maintenance of genetic variability at the molecular level
10. Summary and conclusion
References
Indexes.