This book is the first of its kind to explain the fundamentals of evolutionary genomics. The comprehensive coverage includes concise descriptions of a variety of genome organizations, a thorough discussion of the methods used, and a detailed review of genome sequence processing procedures. The opening chapters also provide the necessary basics for readers unfamiliar with evolutionary studies. Features: introduces the basics of molecular biology, DNA replication, mutation, phylogeny, neutral evolution, and natural selection; presents a brief evolutionary history of life from the primordial seas to the emergence of humans; describes the genomes of prokaryotes, eukaryotes, vertebrates, and humans; reviews methods for genome sequencing, phenotype data collection, homology searches and analysis, and phylogenetic tree and network building; discusses databases of genome sequences and related information, evolutionary distances, and population genomics; provides supplementary material at an associated website.
Produkteigenschaften
- Artikelnummer: 9781447171591
- Medium: Buch
- ISBN: 978-1-4471-7159-1
- Verlag: Springer
- Erscheinungstermin: 27.08.2016
- Sprache(n): Englisch
- Auflage: Softcover Nachdruck of the original 1. Auflage 2013
- Serie: Computational Biology
- Produktform: Kartoniert, Paperback
- Gewicht: 7314 g
- Seiten: 461
- Format (B x H x T): 155 x 235 x 27 mm
- Ausgabetyp: Kein, Unbekannt