The dynamic genome
Subtitle: a Darwinian approach
By: Antonio Fontdevila
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 212
ISBN-13: 9780199541379
Subjects: Genomics; Evolution (Biology); Genomes
Description: The author's principle intention is to show that whilst genomics is revealing new and previously unanticipated mechanisms and sources of variability that must be incorporated into evolutionary theory, there is no reason to dismiss the role of natural selection as the mechanism that sorts out these potentialities.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index (p. 193-212) and index.
Table of contents: title: The dynamic genome: a general introduction; title: The unity of type: ancient homologies in the genome; title: The genome is mobile; title: The horizontal genome; title: Reconstructing Darwinism from Darwin to the genome via the modern synthesis.