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Genes and Evolution, the latest volume in the Current Topics in Developmental Biology series, covers genes and evolution, with contributions from an international board of authors. The chapters provide a comprehensive set of reviews covering such topics as genes and plant domestication, gene networks, phenotypic loss in vertebrates, reproducible evolutionary changes, and epithelial tissue.

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9780124171947

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"""In conclusion, this book contains many useful reviews of the genetic basis of evolutionary change and some helpful conceptual discussions, but its suitability for a graduate reading course in evolutionary genetics is tempered by the lack of critical methodological, statistical, and population perspectives."" --The Quarterly Review of Biology, Vol.92, No. 4 Praise for the Series: ""Outstanding both in variety and in the quality of its contributions."" --Nature"

Praise for the Series: Outstanding both in variety and in the quality of its contributions. - NATURE

In conclusion, this book contains many useful reviews of the genetic basis of evolutionary change and some helpful conceptual discussions, but its suitability for a graduate reading course in evolutionary genetics is tempered by the lack of critical methodological, statistical, and population perspectives. --The Quarterly Review of Biology, Vol.92, No. 4 Praise for the Series: Outstanding both in variety and in the quality of its contributions. --Nature

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Institut Jacques Monod, Université Paris Diderot Bâtiment Buffon, France

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