The Evolution of the Genome by Gregory, T. Ryan -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Cover image Title page Table of Contents LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS PREFACE: THE EVOLUTION OF THE EVOLUTION OF THE GENOME ABOUT THE EDITOR Part I: The C-value Enigma

Chapter 1: Genome Size Evolution in Animals

Publisher Summary WHY SHOULD ANYONE CARE ABOUT GENOME SIZE? GENOME SIZE IN ANIMALS: A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE THE STATE OF KNOWLEDGE OF ANIMAL GENOME SIZE PATTERNS OF VARIATION INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION IN ANIMALS MECHANISMS OF GENOME SIZE CHANGE ASSESSING THE DIRECTIONALITY OF ANIMAL GENOME SIZE EVOLUTION GENOME SIZE AND CELL SIZE GENOME SIZE AND ORGANISMAL PHENOTYPES MEASURING ANIMAL GENOME SIZES CONCLUDING REMARKS AND FUTURE PROSPECTS

Chapter 2: Genome Size Evolution in Plants

Publisher Summary A BRIEF HISTORY OF GENOME SIZE STUDY IN PLANTS THE STATE OF KNOWLEDGE REGARDING PLANT GENOME SIZES PATTERNS IN PLANT GENOME SIZE EVOLUTION HOW DO PLANT GENOME SIZES EVOLVE? KEY CORRELATES OF GENOME SIZE ACROSS PLANT SPECIES ECOLOGICAL AND EVOLUTIONARY IMPLICATIONS OF GENOME SIZE VARIATION INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION IN GENOME SIZE METHODOLOGY FOR ESTIMATING GENOME SIZE IN PLANTS CONCLUDING REMARKS AND FUTURE PROSPECTS

Part II: The Evolution of Genomic Parasites

Chapter 3: Transposable Elements

Publisher Summary A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE STUDY OF TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS WHO CARES ABOUT TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS? HOW ARE TEs CLASSIFIED? HALLMARKS OF TE SEQUENCES METHODS USED IN THE IDENTIFICATION AND STUDY OF TEs APPLICATIONS OF TEs TO OTHER AREAS OF BIOLOGY THE PREVALENCE OF TES IN EUKARYOTIC GENOMES THE DISTRIBUTION OF TES WITHIN GENOMES THE DYNAMICS OF TE EVOLUTION REGULATION OF TE ACTIVITY TEs AS MUTAGENS AND SOURCES OF GENOMIC VARIATION CONCLUDING REMARKS AND FUTURE PROSPECTS

Chapter 4: B Chromosomes

Publisher Summary A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE STUDY OF B CHROMOSOMES THE FREQUENCY OF B CHROMOSOME INFECTION THE BIOLOGY OF B CHROMOSOMES THE ORIGIN(S) OF B CHROMOSOMES INTERACTIONS WITH THE HOST GENOME INTERACTIONS WITH THE HOST ORGANISM THE DYNAMICS OF B CHROMOSOME EVOLUTION CONCLUDING REMARKS AND FUTURE PROSPECTS

Part III: Duplications, Duplications…

Chapter 5: Small-Scale Gene Duplications

Publisher Summary THE LONG PEDIGREE OF GENE DUPLICATION RESEARCH MECHANISMS OF GENE DUPLICATION THE LIFE AND DEATH OF GENE DUPLICATES IN THE GENOME WHAT HAPPENS TO DUPLICATED GENES? HOX GENE DUPLICATION AND THE EVOLUTION OF ANIMAL DEVELOPMENT THE GENERAL EVOLUTIONARY IMPORTANCE OF GENE DUPLICATIONS CONCLUDING REMARKS AND FUTURE PROSPECTS

Chapter 6: Large-Scale Gene and Ancient Genome Duplications

Publisher Summary HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES ON THE IMPORTANCE OF LARGE-SCALE DUPLICATIONS MECHANISMS OF LARGE-SCALE DUPLICATION HOW LARGE-SCALE GENE DUPLICATIONS ARE STUDIED DATING DUPLICATION EVENTS PUTTING THEORY INTO PRACTICE: EVIDENCE FOR LARGE-SCALE GENE DUPLICATION EVENTS LARGE-SCALE DUPLICATIONS IN THE EVOLUTIONARY PROCESS CONCLUDING REMARKS AND FUTURE PROSPECTS

Part IV: …And More Duplications

Chapter 7: Polyploidy in Plants

Publisher Summary HISTORY OF THE STUDY OF POLYPLOIDY IN PLANTS TYPES OF POLYPLOIDS FREQUENCY OF POLYPLOIDS POLYPLOID FORMATION AND ESTABLISHMENT MULTIPLE ORIGINS OF POLYPLOID SPECIES IMPACTS OF POLYPLOIDIZATION AT THE CELLULAR AND ORGANISMAL LEVELS IMPACTS OF POLYPLOIDIZATION AT THE GENOME LEVEL CONCLUDING REMARKS AND FUTURE PROSPECTS

Chapter 8: Polyploidy in Animals

POLYPLOIDY IN VERTEBRATES POLYPLOIDY IN INVERTEBRATES

Part V: Sequence and Structure

Chapter 9: Comparative Genomics in Eukaryotes

Publisher Summary THE EARLY HISTORY OF COMPARATIVE EUKARYOTIC GENOMICS WORKING WITH EUKARYOTIC GENOMES THE GENESIS OF LARGE-SCALE SEQUENCING PROJECTS FOR EUKARYOTES GENOME SEQUENCING IN FUNGI CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS AND DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER: THE FIRST ANIMAL GENOMES TO BE SEQUENCED THE HUMAN GENOME PROJECT THE MOUSE AND RAT GENOMES: THE RISE OF MODERN MAMMALIAN COMPARATIVE GENOMICS GENOME SEQUENCING IN PLANTS AND THEIR PATHOGENS OTHER INVERTEBRATE ANIMAL GENOMES PROTIST GENOMES COMPARATIVE GENOMICS AND PHYLOGENETICS IN EUKARYOTES CONCLUDING REMARKS AND FUTURE PROSPECTS

Chapter 10: Comparative Genomics in Prokaryotes

Publisher Summary WHAT IS A PROKARYOTE? THE RISE OF COMPLETE PROKARYOTIC GENOME SEQUENCING GENERAL INSIGHTS ABOUT PROKARYOTE GENOMES HORIZONTAL TRANSFER OF GENETIC MATERIAL HIGHLIGHTS FROM SPECIFIC PROKARYOTE GENOME SEQUENCING PROJECTS THE EVOLUTION OF GENOME SIZE IN PROKARYOTES THE MINIMAL GENOME CONCEPT GENOMIC INSIGHTS INTO PROKARYOTIC ABUNDANCE AND DIVERSITY APPLICATIONS OF PROKARYOTE GENOMICS CONCLUDING REMARKS AND FUTURE PROSPECTS

Part VI: The Genome in Evolution

Chapter 11: Macroevolution and the Genome

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