Beschreibung:
The availability of genomic blueprints for hundreds of species has led to a transformation in biology, encouraging the proliferation of adaptive arguments for the evolution of genomic features. This text explains why the details matter and presents a framework for how the architectural diversity of eukaryotic genomes and genes came to arise.
Uptodate with the forefront of modern genetic theory Nontechnical approach appeals to a wide readership Web resources available at: nitro.biosci.arizona.edu/zbook/book.html Clear and helpful references throughout
The Origin of Eukaryotes.- Genome Size and Organismal Complexity.- The Human Genome.- Why Population Size Matters.- Three Keys to Chromosomal Integrity.- The Nucleotide-composition Landscape.- Mobile Genetic Elements.- Genomic Expansion by Gene Duplication.- Genes in Pieces.- Transcription and Regulatory-region Complexity.- Expansion and Contraction of Organelle Genomes.- Sex Chromosome Evolution.- Genomfart.