Molecular evolution

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Li, Wen-Hsiung , 1942- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Sunderland, Mass. : Sinauer Associates c1997
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Molecular evolution: a brief history of the pre-DNA era
  • 1. Gene structure, genetic codes, and mutation
  • 2. Dynamics of genes in populations
  • 3. Evolutionary change in nucleotide sequences
  • 4. Estimating the number of nucleotide substitutions between sequences
  • 5. Molecular phylogenetics : methods
  • 6. Molecular phylogenetics : examples
  • 7. Rates and patterns of nucleotide substitution
  • 8. Molecular clocks
  • 9. DNA polymorphism in populations
  • 10. Evolution by gene duplication and domain shuffling
  • 11. Concerted evolution of multigene families
  • 12. Evolution by transposition and horizontal transfer
  • 13. Genome organization and evolution
  • 14. Roles of mutation and selection in molecular evolution