Biodiversity and Evolution
Published on 23. March 2018
Book
Hardback
284 pages
978-1-78548-277-9 (ISBN)
Description
Biodiversity and Evolution includes chapters devoted to the evolution and biodiversity of organisms at the molecular level, based on the study of natural collections from the Museum of Natural History. The book starts with an epistemological and historical introduction and ends with a critical overview of the Anthropocene epoch.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
580 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78548-277-9 (9781785482779)
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Philippe Grandcolas | Marie-Christine Maurel
Biodiversity and Evolution
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04/2018
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Persons
Philippe Grandcolas is a Senior Scientist CNRS and Director at the Institut de Systematique, Evolution, Biodiversite. Marie-Christine Maurel is a professor- researcher at UPMC and MNHN.
Content
1. From Richard Owen to Charles Darwin: Understanding the Origin of Life's Diversity
Claudine COHEN
2. Life Engineering in an Evolutionary World
Thomas HEAMS
3. The View of Systematics on Biodiversity
Philippe GRANDCOLAS
4. Which Model(s) Explain Biodiversity?
Guillaume ACHAZ
5. Analysis of Microbial Diversity: Regarding the (Paradoxical) Difficulty of Seeing Big in Metagenomics
Chloe VIGLIOTTI, Philippe LOPEZ and Eric BAPTESTE
6. Genetic Code Degeneracy and Amino Acid Frequency in Proteomes
Jean LEHMANN
7. Telomeres and Telomerases: Structural Diversity for the Same Role
Carole SAINTOME
8. Globalization and Infectious Diseases
Thierry WIRTH
9. Why are Morpho Blue?
Vincent DEBAT, Serge BERTHIER, Patrick BLANDIN, Nicolas CHAZOT, Marianne ELIAS, Doris GOMEZ and Violaine LLAURENS?
10. Biodiversity in Natural History Collections: a Source of Data for the Study of Evolution Romain
NATTIER
11. Mice and Men: an Evolutionary History of Lassa Fever
Aude LALIS and Thierry WIRTH
12. Evolutionary History of Moles in Western Europe: One Mole May Hide Another!
Violaine NICOLAS, Jessica MARTINEZ-VARGAS and Jean-Pierre HUGOT
13. The Conoidea and Their Toxins: Evolution of a Hyper-Diversified Group
Nicolas PUILLANDRE and Sebastien DUTERTRE
14. The Anthropocene: a Geological or Societal Subject?
Patrick DE WEVER and Stan FINNEY
Claudine COHEN
2. Life Engineering in an Evolutionary World
Thomas HEAMS
3. The View of Systematics on Biodiversity
Philippe GRANDCOLAS
4. Which Model(s) Explain Biodiversity?
Guillaume ACHAZ
5. Analysis of Microbial Diversity: Regarding the (Paradoxical) Difficulty of Seeing Big in Metagenomics
Chloe VIGLIOTTI, Philippe LOPEZ and Eric BAPTESTE
6. Genetic Code Degeneracy and Amino Acid Frequency in Proteomes
Jean LEHMANN
7. Telomeres and Telomerases: Structural Diversity for the Same Role
Carole SAINTOME
8. Globalization and Infectious Diseases
Thierry WIRTH
9. Why are Morpho Blue?
Vincent DEBAT, Serge BERTHIER, Patrick BLANDIN, Nicolas CHAZOT, Marianne ELIAS, Doris GOMEZ and Violaine LLAURENS?
10. Biodiversity in Natural History Collections: a Source of Data for the Study of Evolution Romain
NATTIER
11. Mice and Men: an Evolutionary History of Lassa Fever
Aude LALIS and Thierry WIRTH
12. Evolutionary History of Moles in Western Europe: One Mole May Hide Another!
Violaine NICOLAS, Jessica MARTINEZ-VARGAS and Jean-Pierre HUGOT
13. The Conoidea and Their Toxins: Evolution of a Hyper-Diversified Group
Nicolas PUILLANDRE and Sebastien DUTERTRE
14. The Anthropocene: a Geological or Societal Subject?
Patrick DE WEVER and Stan FINNEY