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Table of contents (22 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Early events in genome evolution
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Debating the 2R and 3R genome duplication hypotheses
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Case studies
About this book
In the years since the publication of Susumu Ohno's 1970 landmark book Evolution by gene duplication tremendous advances have been made in molecular biology and especially in genomics. Studies of genome structure and function prerequisite to testing hypotheses of genome evolution were all but impossible until recent methodological advances.
This book evaluates newly generated empirical evidence as it pertains to theories of genomic evolutionary patterns and processes. Tests of hypotheses using analyses of complete genomes, interpreted in a phylogenetic context, provide evidence regarding the relative importance of gene duplication. The alternative explanation is that the evolution of regulatory elements that control the expression of and interactions among genes has been a more important force in shaping evolutionary innovation.
This collection of papers will be of interest to all academic and industry researchers working in the fields of molecular biology, biotechnology, genomics and genome centers.
Editors and Affiliations
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University of Konstanz, Germany
Axel Meyer
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Ghent University, Belgium
Yves Peer
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Genome Evolution
Book Subtitle: Gene and Genome Duplications and the Origin of Novel Gene Functions
Editors: Axel Meyer, Yves Peer
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0263-9
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
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eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2003
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-1021-7Published: 30 April 2003
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-3957-4Published: 31 October 2012
eBook ISBN: 978-94-010-0263-9Published: 28 June 2011
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 237
Additional Information: Reprinted from JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL AND FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS, 3:1-4
Topics: Evolutionary Biology, Biochemistry, general, Human Genetics