Introduction to Ecological Genomics [electronic resource].
van Straalen, Nico M.
Roelofs, Dick.
Oxford : Oxford University Press,
2012.
The genomics revolution has expanded from its origins in molecular biology to impact upon every discipline in the life sciences, including ecology. Several lines of ecological research can now be profitably addressed using genomics technology, including issues of nutrient cycling, population structure, life-history variation, trophic interaction, stress responses, and adaptation to environmental change. This new edition addresses a series of fundamental ecological questions: the relationship between community structure and ecological function in ecosystems; how variation in life-history patter
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Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Preface to the second edition; Preface to the first edition; Contents; 1 Ecological genomics and genome analysis; 1.1 The genomics revolution invading ecology; 1.2 Yeast, fly, worm, and weed; 1.3 -Omics speak; 1.4 Genome analysis; 2 Comparing genomes; 2.1 Properties of genomes; 2.2 Prokaryotic genomes; 2.3 Eukaryotic genomes; 3 Structure and function in communities; 3.1 The biodiversity and ecosystem functioning synthetic framework; 3.2 Measurement of microbial biodiversity; 3.3 Microbial genomics of biogeochemical cycles
3.4 Reconstruction of functions from environmental genomes3.5 Genomic approaches to biodiversity and ecosystem function: an appraisal; 4 Life-history patterns; 4.1 The core of life-history theory; 4.2 Longevity and aging; 4.3 Gene-expression profiles in the life cycle; 4.4 Phenotypic plasticity of life-history traits; 4.5 Genomic approaches to life-history patterns: an appraisal; 5 Stress responses; 5.1 Stress and the ecological niche; 5.2 The main defence mechanisms against cellular stress; 5.3 Heat, cold, drought, salt, and hypoxia; 5.4 Herbivory and microbial infection
5.5 Toxic substances5.6 Genomic approaches to ecological stress: an appraisal; 6 Variation and adaptation; 6.1 The internal tangled bank; 6.2 Genomic polymorphisms; 6.3 Regulatory and structural change; 6.4 Epigenetic variation and developmental change; 6.5 Genomic approaches to variation and adaption: an appraisal; 7 Integrative ecological genomics; 7.1 The need for integration: systems biology; 7.2 Ecological control analysis; 7.3 Outlook; References; Index
The genomics revolution has expanded from its origins in molecular biology to impact upon every discipline in the life sciences, including ecology. Several lines of ecological research can now be profitably addressed using genomics technology, including issues of nutrient cycling, population structure, life-history variation, trophic interaction, stress responses, and adaptation to environmental change. This new edition addresses a series of fundamental ecological questions: the relationship between community structure and ecological function in ecosystems; how variation in life-history patter
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Ecology.
Microbiology.
Molecular microbiology.
Molecular microbiology
Microbiology
Ecology
Biology
Health & Biological Sciences
Microbiology & Immunology