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Table of contents (19 chapters)

Front Matter

Pages i-xv

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Concepts
1. Front Matter
  
  Pages 1-1
  
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2. Site-Specific Self-Catalyzed DNA Depurination, the Basis of a Spontaneous Mutagenic Mechanism of Wide Evolutionary Significance
  
  Jacques R. Fresco, Olga Amosova, Peter Wei, Juan R. Alvarez-Dominguez, Damian Glumcher, Rafael Torres
  
  Pages 3-19
3. Stochastic Processes Driving Directional Evolution
  
  Sean H. Rice, Anthony Papadopoulos, John Harting
  
  Pages 21-33
4. Evolution of Self-Fertile Hermaphrodites
  
  Ronald E. Ellis, Yiqing Guo
  
  Pages 35-50
5. Insights into Eukaryotic Interacting Protein Evolution
  
  Sandip Chakraborty, Soumita Podder, Bratati Kahali, Tina Begum, Kamalika Sen, Tapash Chandra Ghosh
  
  Pages 51-70
6. Integration of Evolutionary Biology Concepts for Functional Annotation and Automation of Complex Research in Evolution: The Multi-Agent Software System DAGOBAH
  
  Philippe Gouret, Julien Paganini, Jacques Dainat, Dorra Louati, Elodie Darbo, Pierre Pontarotti et al.
  
  Pages 71-87
Biodiversity and Evolution
1. Front Matter
  
  Pages 89-89
  
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2. A New Animal Model for Merging Ecology and Evolution
  
  Gabriele Procaccini, Ornella Affinito, Francesco Toscano, Paolo Sordino
  
  Pages 91-106
3. Rapid Evolution of Simple Microbial Communities in the Laboratory
  
  Margie Kinnersley, Jared W. Wenger, Gavin Sherlock, Frank R. Rosenzweig
  
  Pages 107-120
4. Use of Paleontological and Phylogenetic Data in Comparative and Paleobiological Analyses: A Few Recent Developments
  
  Michel Laurin
  
  Pages 121-138
5. Seasonal Flowering and Evolution: Will Plant Species Be Under Stress from Global Warming?
  
  Rod W. King
  
  Pages 139-149
Macroevolution
1. Front Matter
  
  Pages 151-151
  
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2. The Emergence of Cellular Complexity at the Dawn of the Eukaryotes: Reconstructing the Endomembrane System with In Silico and Functional Analyses
  
  Lila V. Koumandou, Mark C. Field
  
  Pages 153-167
3. Neurophylogeny: Retracing Early Metazoan Brain Evolution
  
  Rudi Loesel
  
  Pages 169-191
4. A New Early Cambrian Lobopod-Bearing Animal (Murero, Spain) and the Problem of the Ecdysozoan Early Diversification
  
  José Antonio Gámez Vintaned, Eladio Liñán, Andrey Yu. Zhuravlev
  
  Pages 193-219
Genome Evolution
1. Front Matter
  
  Pages 221-221
  
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2. Genomic Perspectives on the Long-Term Absence of Sexual Reproduction in Animals
  
  Etienne G. J. Danchin, Jean-François Flot, Laetitia Perfus-Barbeoch, Karine Van Doninck
  
  Pages 223-242
3. Evolutionary Constraint on DNA Shape in the Human Genome
  
  Thomas D. Tullius, Stephen C. J. Parker, Elliott H. Margulies
  
  Pages 243-256
4. Evolution of Fungi and Their Respiratory Metabolism
  
  Marina Marcet-Houben, Toni Gabaldón
  
  Pages 257-272

About this book

The annual Evolutionary Biology Meetings in Marseilles serve to gather leading scientists, promote the exchange of ideas and encourage the formation of international collaborations.

This book contains the most essential contributions presented at the 14^thEvolutionary Biology Meeting, which took place in September 2010. It comprises 19 chapters organized according to the following categories:

· Evolutionary Biology Concepts

· Biodiversity and Evolution

· Macroevolution

· Genome Evolution

Offering an up-to-date overview of recent results in the field of evolutionary biology, this book is an invaluable source of information for scientists, teachers and advanced students.

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CNRS UMR 6632, Labo. Evolution Biologique et, Université d'Aix-Marseille, Marseille CX 03, France

Pierre Pontarotti

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Book Title: Evolutionary Biology – Concepts, Biodiversity, Macroevolution and Genome Evolution
Editors: Pierre Pontarotti
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-20763-1
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2011
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-20762-4Published: 20 July 2011
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-42777-0Published: 13 December 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-20763-1Published: 20 July 2011
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 345
Topics: Evolutionary Biology, Plant Genetics and Genomics, Microbial Genetics and Genomics, Animal Genetics and Genomics, Biodiversity, Developmental Biology

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Table of contents (19 chapters)

Front Matter

Concepts

Front Matter

Biodiversity and Evolution

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Macroevolution

Front Matter

Genome Evolution

Front Matter

About this book

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CNRS UMR 6632, Labo. Evolution Biologique et, Université d'Aix-Marseille, Marseille CX 03, France

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