Molecular evolution
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Sunderland, Mass. :
Sinauer Associates
c1997
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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