Title: Evolution : the molecular landscape.
Authors: Stillman, Bruce; Stewart, David J.; Witkowski, J. A. 1947-
Publisher: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press,
Year: 2009
Subjects: Evolution, Molecular; Molecular evolution Congresses; Evolution (Biology) Congresses; Evolution, Molecular Congresses.
Abstract: "Based on presentations by the world-renowned investigators who gathered at the 74th annual Cold Spring Harbor Symposium to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the publication of Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species, this volume reviews the latest advances in research into evolution, focusing on the molecular bases for evolutionary change. The topics covered include the appearance of the first genetic material, the origins of cellular life, evolution and development, selection and adaptation, and genome evolution. Human origins, cognition, and cultural evolution are also covered, along with social interactions." -- Publisher.
Contents: Darwin the scientist / J. Browne -- On the future of biology / E.O. Wilson -- Evolution of biological catalysis: ribozyme to RNP enzyme / T.R. Cech -- Evolution in an RNA world / G.F. Joyce -- Ribosome : some hard facts about its structure and hot air about its evolution / V. Ramakrishnan -- Step-by-step evolution of vertebrate blood coagulation / R.F. Doolittle -- How proteins adapt: lessons from directed evolution / F.H. Arnold -- Reconstructing the emergence of cellular life through the synthesis of model protocells / S.S. Mansy and J.W. Szostak -- Dynamic chromosome organization and protein localization coordinate the regulatory circuitry that drives the bacterial cell cycle / E.D. Goley ... [et al.] -- Integrated view of precambrian eumetazoan evolution / E.H. Davidson and D.H. Erwin -- Dawn of developmental signaling in the metazoa / G.S. Richards and B.M Degnan -- Evolving views of DNA replication (in)fidelity / T.A. Kunkel --^