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Evolutionary Biology: Mechanisms and Trends

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  • © 2012

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Editors:
  1. Pierre Pontarotti

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

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Table of contents (19 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Great Names in Evolutionary Biology

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. The Life and Work of J.B.S. Haldane

      • Krishna Dronamraju
      Pages 3-19

  3. New Concepts in Evolutionary Biology

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 21-21
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    2. Cultural Cladistics and the Early Prehistory of North America

      • Michael J. O’Brien, Briggs Buchanan, Mark Collard, Matthew T. Boulanger
      Pages 23-42

    3. Effects of Random and Selective Mass Extinction on Community Composition in Communities of Digital Organisms

      • Gabriel Yedid, Lise Heier
      Pages 43-64

    4. Coevolution of Gene Families: Models, Algorithms, and Systems Biology

      • Tamir Tuller
      Pages 65-78

    5. Molecular Phylogenetic Trees: Topology of Multiparametric Poly-Genic/Phenic Tree Exhibits Higher Taxonomic Fidelity than Uniparametric Trees for Mono-Genic/Phenic Traits

      • Sohan Prabhakar Modak, M. Milner Kumar, Rhishikesh Bargaje
      Pages 79-101

    6. Protein Aggregation Acts as Strong Constraint During Evolution

      • Anna Villar-Pique, Salvador Ventura
      Pages 103-120

  4. Macroevolution: Mechanisms and Trends

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 121-121
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    2. Evolution of Cellular Pattern Formation during Early Nematode Embryogenesis

      • Einhard Schierenberg
      Pages 123-138

    3. Environmental Regulation of Floral Color

      • Yingqing Lu, Lulu Xie, Ruijuan Zhang
      Pages 139-153

    4. Variable Risk and the Evolution of the Defense Repertoire of the Tupelo Leafminer

      • Candace Low
      Pages 155-168

    5. Reconstruction of the Adaptively Advantages Macroevolutionary Events in the Mutualistic Symbioses

      • Nikolay A. Provorov, Nikolay I. Vorobyov
      Pages 169-187

    6. Trends of the Herbs Ecological Evolution

      • Sergei N. Sheremet’ev, Yuri V. Gamalei
      Pages 189-212

    7. Horizontal Gene Transfer in Influenza Strain Generation: A Comparative Evolutionary Study

      • Paul-Michael Agapow
      Pages 213-222

  5. Genome Evolution

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 223-223
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    2. Polymorphism and Adaptation of Primate Colour Vision

      • Amanda D. Melin, Chihiro Hiramatsu, Linda M. Fedigan, Colleen M. Schaffner, Filippo Aureli, Shoji Kawamura
      Pages 225-241

    3. The Repetitive Landscape of Sauropsid Genomes

      • Dusan Kordis
      Pages 243-263

    4. Evolution of Viviparity and Genomic Imprinting in Mammals by Retrotransposons

      • Tomoko Kaneko-Ishino, Fumitoshi Ishino
      Pages 265-281
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About this book

The annual Evolutionary Biology Meetings in Marseilles serve to gather leading evolutionary biologists and other scientists using evolutionary biology concepts, e.g. for medical research. The aims of these meetings are to promote the exchange of ideas and to encourage interdisciplinary collaborations.

This book collects 19 selected contributions presented at the 15th meeting, which took place in September 2011. It starts with a description of the life and work of J.B.S. Haldane, a remarkable evolutionary biologist of the 20th century. The remaining chapters are grouped under the following three themes:

·       New Concepts in Evolutionary Biology

·       Macroevolution: Mechanisms and Trends

·       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.

Editors and Affiliations

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

    Pierre Pontarotti

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