This book is the first of its kind to explain the fundamentals of evolutionary genomics. The comprehensive coverage includes concise descriptions of a variety of genome organizations, a thorough discussion of the methods used, and a detailed review of genome sequence processing procedures. The opening chapters also provide the necessary basics for readers unfamiliar with evolutionary studies. Features: introduces the basics of molecular biology, DNA replication, mutation, phylogeny, neutral evolution, and natural selection; presents a brief evolutionary history of life from the primordial seas to the emergence of humans; describes the genomes of prokaryotes, eukaryotes, vertebrates, and humans; reviews methods for genome sequencing, phenotype data collection, homology searches and analysis, and phylogenetic tree and network building; discusses databases of genome sequences and related information, evolutionary distances, and population genomics; provides supplementary material at an associated website.
Series
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2013
Language
Place of publication
Target group
Primary & secondary/elementary & high school
Illustrations
227 s/w Abbildungen
XXIII, 461 p. 227 illus.
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 27 mm
Weight
ISBN-13
978-1-4471-7159-1 (9781447171591)
DOI
10.1007/978-1-4471-5304-7
Schweitzer Classification
Dr. Naruya Saitou
is a Professor in the Division of Population Genetics at the National Institute of Genetics, and a Professor in the Department of Genetics at the Graduate University for Advanced Studies, Mishima, Japan. He is also a Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Tokyo, Japan.
