Models of Molecular Evolution and Phylogeny By Nikos Drakos of the Computer Based Learning Unit at the University of Leeds. Reviews some of the DNA base substitution and amino acid replacement models most widely used, along with some of their most important current developments. Maximum likelihood inference using these models is briefly introduced as one statistical method used to draw evolutionary inferences. Concludes with speculations on the future course of molecular evolutionary analyses. Molecular Evolution at Dalhousie University Department of Biochemistry Conducts research on the early evolution of genes and genomes, using standard methods of molecular genetics as well as computer algorithms.
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Provides a forum for molecular studies that advance the understanding of phylogeny and evolution. Stuart A. Kauffman Home Page Abstracts and investigations on origins of life, beginning with autocatalytic sets through the mechanism of spontaneous organization. Posted by David Bell, a retired engineer, suggesting the mechanism of a single dynamic event by which DNA might have been instigated by alpha radiation. The Thermosynthesis Home Page Thermosynthesis theory shows how organisms can use or may have used thermal cycling as an energy source-thermal cycling occurring especially in volcanic hot springs. Thermosynthesis could stepwise evolve towards photosynthesis.