Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in
Book cover

Evolutionary Biology from Concept to Application

  • Book
  • © 2008

Overview

Editors:
  1. Pierre Pontarotti

    1. Laboratoire Evolution Biologique et Modélisation, case 19, UMR 6632 Université d’Aix-Marseille/CNRS, Marseille Cedex 03, France

    View editor publications

    You can also search for this editor in PubMed   Google Scholar

  • Focuses on applied evolution, a new area dealing with the use of evolutionary biology concepts for a better understanding of biological systems

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this book

Log in via an institution
eBook USD 129.00
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 169.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book USD 169.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Other ways to access

Licence this eBook for your library

Institutional subscriptions

Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
    Download chapter PDF

  2. Modelization of Evolution

    1. Rate of Adaptation of Large Populations

      • Feng Yu, Alison Etheridge
      Pages 3-27

    2. A Phylogenetic Mixture Model for Heterotachy

      • Andrew Meade, Mark Pagel
      Pages 29-41

  3. Concepts in Evolutionary Biology

    1. Accelerated Evolution of Genes of Recent Origin

      • Macarena Toll-Riera, Jose Castresana, M. Mar Albà
      Pages 45-59

    2. Life-Cycle Features of Tumour Cells

      • Jekaterina Erenpreisa, Mark S. Cragg
      Pages 61-71

    3. General Evolutionary Regularities of Organic and Social Life

      • Valeria I. Mikhalevich
      Pages 73-94

    4. Old and New Concepts in EvoDevo

      • Margherita Raineri
      Pages 95-114

  4. Knowledge

    1. Overturning the Prejudices about Hydra and Metazoan Evolution

      • Hiroshi Shimizu
      Pages 117-134

    2. The Search for the Origin of Cnidarian Nematocysts in Dinoflagellates

      • Jung Shan Hwang, Satoshi Nagai, Shiho Hayakawa, Yasuharu Takaku, Takashi Gojobori
      Pages 135-152

  5. Applied Evolutionary Biology

    1. A Possible Relationship Between the Phylogenetic Branch Lengths and the Chaetognath rRNA Paralog Gene Functionalities: Ubiquitous, Tissue-Specific or Pseudogenes

      • Roxane-Marie Barthélémy, Michel Grino, Pierre Pontarotti, Jean-Paul Casanova, Eric Faure
      Pages 155-164

    2. Mode and Tempo of matK: Gene Evolution and Phylogenetic Implications

      • Khidir W. Hilu, Michelle M. Barthet
      Pages 165-179

    3. Phylogeography and Conservation of the Rare South African Fruit Chafer Ichnestoma stobbiai (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)

      • Ute Kryger, Clarke H. Scholtz
      Pages 181-196

    4. Nothing in Medicine Makes Sense Except in the Light of Evolution: A Review

      • Bernard Swynghedauw
      Pages 197-207

    5. An Overview of Evolutionary Biology Concepts for Functional Annotation: Advances and Challenges

      • Anthony Levasseur, Pierre Pontarotti
      Pages 209-215

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 217-220
    Download chapter PDF
Back to top

Keywords

About this book

Every biological system is the outcome of its evolution; therefore, the deciphering of its evolutionary history is of tremendous importance to understand the biology of a system.

Since 1997 scientists of different disciplines have held an annual "Evolutionary Biology Meeting" at Marseille (France) in order to discuss their research developments, exchange ideas and start collaborations. Consisting of the most representative talks of the 11th meeting, this book provides an up-to-date overview of evolutionary concepts and how these concepts can be applied to a better understanding of various biological aspects. It is divided into the following four parts: Modelization of Evolution - Concepts in Evolutionary Biology - Knowledge - Applied Evolutionary Biology.

This book is an invaluable source of information not only for evolutionary biologists, but also for biologists in general.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Laboratoire Evolution Biologique et Modélisation, case 19, UMR 6632 Université d’Aix-Marseille/CNRS, Marseille Cedex 03, France

    Pierre Pontarotti

Bibliographic Information

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Back to top

Search

Navigation