Lindell Bromham (Professor, Professor, Research School of Biology,

An Introduction to Molecular Evolution and Phylogenetics

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Produktbeschreibung

An Introduction to Molecular Evolution and Phylogenetics offers an engaging yet highly informative narrative to demonstrate how molecular data can be used to answer evolutionary questions.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• 2. Aufl.
• Seitenzahl: 536
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Januar 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 264mm x 195mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 1114g
• ISBN-13: 9780198736363
• ISBN-10: 0198736363
• Artikelnr.: 42998690

Autorenporträt

Lindell Bromham, Professor, Research School of Biology, Australian National University

Inhaltsangabe

1: Introduction - The story in DNA
2: DNA - The immortal germline
3: Mutation - We are all mutants
4: Replication - Endless copies
5: Genome - Accident and design
6: Gene - Making an organism
7: Selection - Descent with modification
8: Drift - Chance and necessity
9: Species - Origin of species
10: Alignment - Same but different
11: Phylogeny - Tree of life
12: Hypotheses - Seeing the wood for the trees
13: Rates - Tempo and mode
14: Dates - Telling the time