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3549252 Ochman, Howard:
Microbial Evolution
   Preis:   € 119,50

Einband: Hardcover
Auflage: 1.Auflage
Verlag: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press New York
Erscheinungsdatum: 03/2016
Seiten: 300 pp. (approx.)
Abbildungen: illus., index

ISBN-10: 1-62182-037-8   
ISBN-13: 978-1-621820-37-6

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Beschreibung
Bacteria have been the dominant forms of life on Earth for the past 3.5 billion years. They rapidly evolve, constantly changing their genetic architecture through horizontal DNA transfer and other mechanisms. Consequently, it can be difficult to define individual species and determine how they are related.

Written and edited by experts in the field, this collection from Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology examines how bacteria and other microbes evolve, focusing on insights from genomics-based studies. Contributors discuss the origins of new microbial populations, the evolutionary and ecological mechanisms that keep species separate once they have diverged, and the challenges of constructing phylogenetic trees that accurately reflect their relationships. They describe the organization of microbial genomes, the various mutations that occur, including the birth of new genes de novo and by duplication, and how natural selection acts on those changes. The role of horizontal gene transfer as a strong driver of microbial evolution is emphasized throughout.

The authors also explore the geologic evidence for early microbial evolution and describe the use of microbial evolution experiments to examine phenomena like natural selection. This volume will thus be essential reading for all microbial ecologists, population geneticists, and evolutionary biologists.
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Evolution of New Functions De Novo and from Pre-Existing Genes
Dan I. Andersson, Jon Jerlström-Hultqvist, and Joakim Näsvall
Horizontal Gene Transfer and the History of Life
Vincent Daubin and Gergely J. Szöllősi
Thoughts Toward a Theory of Natural Selection: The Importance of Microbial Experimental Evolution
Daniel Dykhuizen
Not So Simple After All: Bacteria, Their Population Genetics, and Recombination
William P. Hanage
Paleobiological Perspectives on Early Microbial Evolution
Andrew H. Knoll
The Evolution of Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli
Samuel K. Sheppard and Martin C.J. Maiden
Early Microbial Evolution: The Age of Anaerobes
William F. Martin and Filipa L. Sousa
Microbial Speciation
B. Jesse Shapiro and Martin F. Polz
The Origin and Mutants Under Selection: How Natural Selection Mimics Mutagenesis (Adaptive Mutation)
Sophie Maisnier-Patin and John R. Roth

Zielgruppe/Leser
Microbiology, Evolutionary Genetics
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