It describes the dynamics of evolutionary change at the molecular level, the driving forces behind the evolutionary process, novel evolutionary phenomena revealed by molecular data, the effect of various molecular mechanisms on the structure of genes and genomes, and the methodology involved in the statistical analysis of molecular data from an evolutionary perspective. Roles of Mutations and Selection in Molecular Evolution. The Index runs from page 475 through 487. The cell was generally described as a lipid bilayer.
Chemical life evolves to be cellular life.
There are many problems in these proposals. It is a unifying theory for the origin and early evolution of cellular life. The nucleic acids that emerged in metaprotocells would be susceptible to types of mutations described in Molecular Evolution. Traditionally, a third area of study, prebiotic evolution or the 'origin of life' is also included within the framework of molecular evolution. Therefore, this book will not deal with the origin of life.