Integrated Molecular Evolution

ISBN-13: 9780367869526 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 574 str.

Scott Orland Rogers

Opis

Reflecting the large and growing pedagogical landscape in the field, this new edition contains nearly double the number of chapters of its predecessor, making it approximately twice the length while incorporating new topics. Fully updated, it remains the only book that combines and integrates an extensive set of subjects in genetics and evolutio

Spis treści

LIFE AND EVOLUTION. Definitions of Life. Earth and Evolution. BIOMOLECULES. DNA, RNA, and Proteins. The Central Dogma and Beyond. Ribosomes and Ribosomal RNA. Structure of the Genetic Code. DNA Replication. DNA Segregation. GENETICS. Mendelian and Non-Mendelian Characters. Population Genetics. Alleles through Time. Changes to DNA. Infectious Changes to DNA: Viruses, Plasmids, Transposons, and Introns. MULTICELLULARITY. Multigene Families. Horizontal Gene Transfer. Development: Part I—Cooperation Among Cells. Development: Part II—Plants. Cancer. MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND BIOINFORMATIC METHODS. Extraction and Quantification of Biological Molecules. Recombinant DNA and Characterization of Biological Molecules. Sequencing and Alignment Methods. OMICS: Part I. OMICS: Part II. Species Concepts and Phylogenetics. Phylogenetic Networks and Reticulate Evolution. Phylogenomics and Comparative Genomics. GENOMES. RNA Viruses. DNA Viruses. Bacteria and Archaea. Mutualists and Pathogens. Endosymbionts and Organelles. Protein Trafficking. Eukaryotic Genomes. Human Genome.

O autorze

Scott Orland Rogers is a professor of molecular biology and evolution at Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio. He received his PhD in plant molecular biology from the University of Washington, Seattle. He was an assistant professor and associate professor at the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry before moving to BGSU. He has taught courses in biology, botany, cell physiology, molecular biology, molecular genetics, bioinformatics, and molecular evolution. Research in his lab includes studies of microbes and nucleic acids preserved in ice, life in extreme environments, group I introns, molecular microbial phylogenetics, microbial metagenomics/metatranscriptomics, ancient DNA, and plant development.