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Evolutionary Genomics

Statistical and Computational Methods

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  • Includes cutting-edge techniques
  • Provides step-by-step detail essential for reproducible results
  • Contains key implementation advice from the experts

Part of the book series: Methods in Molecular Biology (MIMB, volume 1910)

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Table of contents (25 protocols)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
  2. Introduction: Bioinformatician’s Primers

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Introduction to Genome Biology and Diversity

      • Noor Youssef, Aidan Budd, Joseph P. Bielawski
      Pages 3-31Open Access
    3. Probability, Statistics, and Computational Science

      • Niko Beerenwinkel, Juliane Siebourg
      Pages 33-70Open Access
    4. A Not-So-Long Introduction to Computational Molecular Evolution

      • Stéphane Aris-Brosou, Nicolas Rodrigue
      Pages 71-117Open Access
  3. Genomic Alignment and Homology Inference

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 119-119
    2. Whole-Genome Alignment

      • Colin N. Dewey
      Pages 121-147Open Access
    3. Inferring Orthology and Paralogy

      • Adrian M. Altenhoff, Natasha M. Glover, Christophe Dessimoz
      Pages 149-175Open Access
    4. Transposable Elements: Classification, Identification, and Their Use As a Tool For Comparative Genomics

      • Wojciech Makałowski, Valer Gotea, Amit Pande, Izabela Makałowska
      Pages 177-207Open Access
  4. Phylogenomics and Genome Evolution

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 209-209
    2. Modern Phylogenomics: Building Phylogenetic Trees Using the Multispecies Coalescent Model

      • Liang Liu, Christian Anderson, Dennis Pearl, Scott V. Edwards
      Pages 211-239Open Access
    3. Genome-Wide Comparative Analysis of Phylogenetic Trees: The Prokaryotic Forest of Life

      • Pere Puigbò, Yuri I. Wolf, Eugene V. Koonin
      Pages 241-269Open Access
    4. The Methodology Behind Network Thinking: Graphs to Analyze Microbial Complexity and Evolution

      • Andrew K. Watson, Romain Lannes, Jananan S. Pathmanathan, Raphaël Méheust, Slim Karkar, Philippe Colson et al.
      Pages 271-308Open Access
    5. Bayesian Molecular Clock Dating Using Genome-Scale Datasets

      • Mario dos Reis, Ziheng Yang
      Pages 309-330Open Access
    6. Genome Evolution in Outcrossing vs. Selfing vs. Asexual Species

      • Sylvain Glémin, Clémentine M. François, Nicolas Galtier
      Pages 331-369Open Access
  5. Natural Selection and Innovation in Genomic Sequences

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 371-371
    2. Selection Acting on Genomes

      • Carolin Kosiol, Maria Anisimova
      Pages 373-397Open Access
    3. Looking for Darwin in Genomic Sequences: Validity and Success Depends on the Relationship Between Model and Data

      • Christopher T. Jones, Edward Susko, Joseph P. Bielawski
      Pages 399-426Open Access
    4. Evolution of Viral Genomes: Interplay Between Selection, Recombination, and Other Forces

      • Stephanie J. Spielman, Steven Weaver, Stephen D. Shank, Brittany Rife Magalis, Michael Li, Sergei L. Kosakovsky Pond
      Pages 427-468Open Access
    5. Evolution of Protein Domain Architectures

      • Sofia K. Forslund, Mateusz Kaduk, Erik L. L. Sonnhammer
      Pages 469-504Open Access

About this book

This open access book addresses the challenge of analyzing and understanding the evolutionary dynamics of complex biological systems at the genomic level, and elaborates on some promising strategies that would bring us closer to uncovering of the vital relationships between genotype and phenotype. After a few educational primers, the book continues with sections on sequence homology and alignment, phylogenetic methods to study genome evolution, methodologies for evaluating selective pressures on genomic sequences as well as genomic evolution in light of protein domain architecture and transposable elements, population genomics and other omics, and discussions of current bottlenecks in handling and analyzing genomic data. Written for the highly successful Methods in Molecular Biology series, chapters include the kind of detail and expert implementation advice that lead to the best results. 

Authoritative and comprehensive, Evolutionary Genomics: Statistical and Computational Methods, Second Edition aims to serve both novices in biology with strong statistics and computational skills, and molecular biologists with a good grasp of standard mathematical concepts, in moving this important field of study forward.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Institute of Applied Simulations, School of Life Sciences and Facility Management, Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW), Wädenswil, Switzerland

    Maria Anisimova

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Evolutionary Genomics

  • Book Subtitle: Statistical and Computational Methods

  • Editors: Maria Anisimova

  • Series Title: Methods in Molecular Biology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-9074-0

  • Publisher: Humana New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Protocols

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-9073-3Published: 06 July 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4939-9074-0Published: 05 July 2019

  • Series ISSN: 1064-3745

  • Series E-ISSN: 1940-6029

  • Edition Number: 2

  • Number of Pages: XVII, 780

  • Number of Illustrations: 79 b/w illustrations, 110 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Bioinformatics, Genetics and Genomics, Evolutionary Biology

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