Rapidly evolving genes and genetic systems /

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Edition:1st ed.
Imprint:Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.
Description:1 online resource (xix, 288 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
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URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11310746
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Other authors / contributors:Singh, Rama S. (Rama Shankar), 1945- editor.
Xu, Jianping, 1965- editor.
Kulathinal, Rob J., editor.
ISBN:9780191640339
0191640336
1283577569
9781283577564
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9780199642281
9780199642274
0199642273
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Summary:A comprehensive and topical overview of our current understanding of the rates of evolution in biological systems. It includes case studies that exemplify rapid evolution, and showcases the diversity of rapidly evolving genes and genetic systems.
Other form:Print version: Rapidly evolving genes and genetic systems. 1st ed. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012 0199642281
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520 8 |a A comprehensive and topical overview of our current understanding of the rates of evolution in biological systems. It includes case studies that exemplify rapid evolution, and showcases the diversity of rapidly evolving genes and genetic systems. 
505 0 |a Cover; Contents; Foreword; Preface; List of Contributors; 1 Introduction; 1.1 A gradualist history; 1.2 Mechanisms of rapid and episodic change; 1.2.1 Unconstrained neutral space; 1.2.2 Horizontal gene transfer; 1.2.3 Developmental macromutations; 1.2.4 Evolution by gene regulation; 1.2.5 Coevolutionary forces; 1.2.6 Sexual selection and sexual arms races; 1.2.7 Population demography and genetic revolutions; 1.2.8 Adaptive radiation; 1.3 Punctuated equilibrium within a microevolution framework; 1.4 Tempo, mode, and the genomic landscape 
505 8 |a 1.5 'Rapidly evolving genes and genetic systems': a brief overview1.6 Future prospects; Part I: From Theory to Experiment; 2 Theoretical perspectives on rapid evolutionary change; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 When is strong selection strong?; 2.3 Does strong selection differ in kind from weak selection?; 2.4 Concluding thoughts; 3 Recombination reshuffles the genotypic deck, thus accelerating the rate of evolution; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Simulating selection on multilocus genotypes; 3.3 Discussion; 3.4 Conclusions 
505 8 |a 4 Heterogeneity in neutral divergence across genomic regions induced by sex-specific hybrid incompatibility4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Genealogical migration rate; 4.3 Applications; 4.4 Conclusions; 5 Rapid evolution in experimental populations of major life forms; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Features of experimental evolution; 5.3 Types of experimental evolution; 5.4 Rapid change and divergence among mutation accumulation population lines; 5.5 Adaptation and directional selection experiments; 5.6 Genomic analysis of experimental evolution populations; 5.7 Conclusions and perspectives 
505 8 |a Part II: Rapidly Evolving Genetic Elements6 Rapid evolution of low complexity sequences and single amino acid repeats across eukaryotes; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Rapid evolution of low complexity sequences; 6.3 Rapid divergence of LCRs and their impact on surrounding sequences; 6.4 Low complexity sequences under selection; 6.5 Perspectives; 7 Fast rates of evolution in bacteria due to horizontal gene transfer; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Quantifying horizontal gene transfer; 7.3 Understanding the variation of gene gain and loss; 7.4 Horizontal gene transfer in duplicated genes 
505 8 |a 7.5 Pseudogenization of horizontally transferred genes7.6 Mobile sequences and gene movement; 7.7 Gene exchange goes fine-scale; 7.8 Conclusions; 8 Rapid evolution of animal mitochondrial DNA; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 Mitochondrial replication, strand bias, and evolutionary rates; 8.3 The change in genetic code and evolutionary rate; 8.4 The change in tRNA genes and evolutionary rate; 8.5 Conclusions; 9 Rapid evolution of centromeres and centromeric/kinetochore proteins; 9.1 Centromeres in 'the fast lane'; 9.2 Rapidly evolving centromeric histones 
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