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This book includes the most essential contributions presented at the 17th Evolutionary Biology Meeting in Marseille, which took place in September 2013. It consists of 18 chapters organized according to the following categories: ·       Molecular and Genome Evolution ·       Phylogeography of Speciation and Coevolution ·       Exobiology and Origin of Life The aims of the annual meetings in Marseille, which bring together leading evolutionary biologists and other scientists using evolutionary biology concepts, e.g. for medical research, are to promote the exchange of ideas and to encourage interdisciplinary collaborations. Offering an overview of the latest findings in the field of evolutionary biology, this book represents an invaluable source of information for scientists, teachers and advanced students.

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Author:   Pierre Pontarotti
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint:   Springer International Publishing AG
Edition:   2014 ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   7.332kg
ISBN:  

9783319076225

ISBN 10:   3319076221
Pages:   398
Publication Date:   12 August 2014
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Contents Part I: Molecular and Genome Evolution 1 Comparative biochemistry and evolution of milk oligosaccharides of monotremes, marsupials and eutherians Tadasu Urashima, Michael Messer, Olav T. Oftedal 2 Genomics-based Insights into the Evolution of Secondary Metabolite Biosynthesis in Actinomycete Bacteria Sergey B. Zotchev 3 A preliminary transcriptomic study of galaxiid fishes reveals a larval glycoprotein gene under strong positive selection. Graham P. Wallis, Lise J. Wallis 4 Land bridge calibration of rates of molecular evolution in a widespread rodent JS Herman, J Paupério, PC Alves, JB Searle 5 Polyploid speciation and genome evolution: Lessons from recent allopolyploids. Malika L. Ainouche and Jonathan F. Wendel 6 Evolutionary divergence in human versus mouse innate immune gene regulation and function Ronan Kapetanovic, Juliana K. Ariffin, Matthew J. Sweet 7 Evolutionary Genomics of Miniature Inverted-repeat Transposable Elements (MITEs) in Plants Jiongjiong Chen, Qun Hu, Chen Lu, Hanhui Kuang 8 Horizontal Gene Transfer and the role of Restriction-Modification Systems in bacterial population dynamics George Vernikos, Duccio Medini 9 Quartet partitioning reveals hybrid origins of the Vertebrate Michael Syvanen, Bryan Ericksen, Simone Linz, Jonathan Ducore 10 Evidence for ancient horizontal gene acquisitions in bdelloid rotifers of the genus Adineta Boris Hespeels, Jean-François Flot, Alessandro Derzelle and Karine Van Doninck   Part II: Phylogeography, Speciation and Coevolution 11 Evolutionary history of maternal plant-manipulation and larval feeding behaviours in Attelabidae (Coleoptera; Curculionoidea) and evolution of plant-basal weevil interaction. Chisato Kobayashi, Yudai Okuyama, Kazuhide Kawazoe, Masakado Kawata, and Makoto Kato 12 Microevolution of Insect-Bacterial Mutualists: A Population Genomics Perspective Amanda M. V. Brown 13 Why did terrestrial insect diversity not increase during the angiosperm radiation? Conrad Labandeira 14 The Evolution and Pollination of Oceanic Bellflowers (Campanulaceae) Marisa Alarcón, Juan José Aldasoro, Cristina Roquet, Jens M. Olesen 15 In search of phylogeographic patterns in the northeastern Atlantic and adjacent seas Sara M. Francisco, Joana I. Robalo, André Levy and Vítor C. Almada 16 The Evolutionary Space model to be used for the metagenomic analysis of molecular and adaptive evolution in the bacterial communities Pershina EV, Dolnik AS, Tamazyan GS, Vyatkina KV, Porozov YB, Pinaev AG, Karimov SO, Provorov NA, Andronov EE 17 Topopatric Speciation: from simulations to theory David M. Schneider   Part III: Exobiology and Origin of Life 18 A trip through chemical space: why life has evolved the chemistry that it has William Bains.

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This volume gathers 18 papers from among over 100 that were presented at the 17th Evolutionary Biology Meeting at Marseilles. ... the volume offers an opportunity to learn about topics that we may not follow closely. For those of us who teach an evolution course, this book offers many case studies that our undergraduate students would enjoy. (Joseph Travis, The Quarterly Review of Biology, Vol. 91 (1), March, 2016)

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