Rapidly Evolving Genes and Genetic Systems

Herausgeber: Singh, Rama S; Kulathinal, Rob J; Xu, Jianping

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Produktbeschreibung

Provides a comprehensive and topical overview of our current understanding of the rates of evolution in biological systems. It includes case studies that exemplify rapid evolution, and showcases the diversity of rapidly evolving genes and genetic systems.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. September 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 193mm x 246mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 771g
• ISBN-13: 9780199642274
• ISBN-10: 0199642273
• Artikelnr.: 35483829

Autorenporträt

RAMA S. SINGH is a Professor in the Department of Biology at McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada JIANPING XU is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada ROB J. KULATHINAL is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Biology, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA USA

Inhaltsangabe

* Foreword
* Preface
* 1: Rama S. Singh, Jianping Xu, Rob J. Kulathinal: Introduction
* PART I: From Theory to Experiment
* 2: Sarah P. Otto: Theoretical perspectives on rapid evolutionary
change
* 3: Mihai Albu, Amir R. Kermany, Donal A. Hickey: Recombination
reshuffles the genotypic deck, thus accelerating the rate of
evolution
* 4: Seiji Kumagai and Marcy K. Uyenoyama: Heterogeneity in neutral
divergence across genomic regions induced by sex specific hybrid
incompatibility
* 5: Jianping Xu: Rapid evolution in experimental populations of major
life forms
* PART II: Rapidly Evolving Genetic Elements
* 6: Wilfried Haerty and G. Brian Golding: Rapid evolution of low
complexity sequences and single amino acid repeats across Eukaryotes
* 7: Weilong Hao: Fast rates of evolution in bacteria due to horizontal
gene transfer
* 8: Xuhua Xia: Rapid evolution of animal mitochondrial DNA
* 9: Kevin C. Roach, Benjamin D. Ross, Harmit S. Malik: Rapid evolution
of centromeres and centromeric/ kinetochore proteins
* 10: Rebekah L. Rogers and Daniel L. Hartl: Rapid Evolution via
chimeric genes
* 11: Manyuan Long, Maria D. Vibranovski, Yong E. Zhang: Evolutionary
interactions between sex chromosomes and autosomes
* 12: Dara G. Torgerson and Ryan D. Hernandez: Evolutionary signatures
in non-coding DNA
* PART III: Sex and Reproduction-Related Genetic Systems
* 13: Melody R. Palmer and Willie J. Swanson: Evolution of sperm-egg
interaction
* 14: H. A. Lessios: Rates of sea urchin bindin evolution
* 15: Alex Wong and Mariana F. Wolfner: Evolution of Drosophila seminal
proteins and their networks
* 16: Timothy L. Karr and Steve Dorus: Evolutionary genomics of the
sperm proteome
* 17: Alberto Civetta: Fast evolution of reproductive genes: When is
selection sexual?
* 18: Patrick M. O'Grady and Therese Ann Markow: Rapid morphological,
behavioral, and ecological evolution in Drosophila: Comparisons
between the endemic Hawaiian Drosophila and the cactophilic repleta
species group
* 19: Timothy Y. James: Ancient yet fast: rapid evolution of mating
genes and mating systems in Fungi
* PART IV: Pathogens and their Hosts
* 20: Brian P. Lazzaro and Andrew G. Clark: Rapid evolution of innate
immune response genes
* 21: Ruifu Yang, Yujun Cui, Dongsheng Zhou: Rapid evolution of the
plague pathogen
* 22: Wen-Ya Ko, Felicia Gomez, Sarah A. Tishkoff: Evolution of human
erythrocyte-specific genes involved in malaria susceptibility
* PART V: From Gene Expression to Development to Speciation
* 23: Carlo G. Artieri: The rapid evolution of gene expression
* 24: Artyom Kopp: Rate variation in the evolution of development: A
phylogenetic perspective
* 25: Michael L. Arnold, Jennafer A.P. Hamlin, Amanda N. Brothers,
Evangeline S. Ballerini: Natural hybridization as a catalyst of rapid
evolutionary change
* 26: Annika M. Moe, Wendy Clement, George D. Weiblen: Rapid evolution
of pollinator-mediated plant reproductive isolation
* 27: Rob J. Kulathinal and Rama S. Singh: Sexual system genomics and
speciation
* Index