Mutation-driven evolution /

Mutation-driven evolution /

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Author / Creator:	Nei, Masatoshi.
Imprint:	Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.
Description:	1 online resource (xi, 244 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color)
Language:	English
Subject:	Evolution (Biology) Molecular evolution. Mutation (Biology) Mutation. Evolution, Molecular. Evolution (Biology) Molecular evolution. Mutation (Biology) Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12013954

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ISBN:	9780191637810 0191637815 129953919X 9781299539198 9780198724100 0198724101 9780199661732 0199661731 0191637823 9780191637827
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and indexes. English. Print version record.
Summary:	The purpose of this book is to present a new mechanistic theory of mutation-driven evolution based on recent advances in genomics and evolutionary developmental biology. The theory asserts, perhaps somewhat controversially, that the driving force behind evolution is mutation, with natural selection being of only secondary importance. The word 'mutation' is used to describe any kind of change in DNA such as nucleotide substitution, gene duplication/deletion, chromosomal change, andgenome duplication. A brief history of the principal evolutionary theories (Darwinism, mutationism, neo-Darwinism,
Other form:	Print version: Nei, Masatoshi. Mutation-driven evolution. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013 9780198724100 0198724101

Table of Contents:

Selectionism and mutationism
Neo-Darwinism and panselectionism
Evolutionary theories in the neo-Darwinian era
Molecular evolution
Gene duplication, multigene families, and repetitive DNA sequences
Evolution of phenotypic characters
Mutation and selection in speciation
Adaptation and evolution
Mutation and selection in evolution
General summary and conclusion
Appendix : mathematical notes.