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OverviewDuring the last ten years, remarkable progress has occurred in the study of molecular evolution. Among the most important factors that are responsible for this progress are the development of new statistical methods and advances in computational technology. In particular, phylogenetic analysis of DNA or protein sequences has become a powerful tool for studying molecular evolution. Along with this developing technology, the application of the new statistical and computational methods has become more complicated and there is no comprehensive volume that treats these methods in depth. Molecular Evolution and Phylogenetics fills this gap and present various statistical methods that are easily accessible to general biologists as well as biochemists, bioinformatists and graduate students. The text covers measurement of sequence divergence, construction of phylogenetic trees, statistical tests for detection of positive Darwinian selection, inference of ancestral amino acid sequences, construction of linearized trees, and analysis of allele frequency data. Emphasis is given to practical methods of data analysis, and methods can be learned by working through numerical examples using the computer program MEGA2 that is provided. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Masatoshi Nei (Evan Pugh Professor of Biology and Director, Institute of Molecular Evolutionary Genetics, Penn State University) , Sudhir Kumar (Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Arizona State University)Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc Dimensions: Width: 17.80cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 25.40cm Weight: 0.605kg ISBN: 9780195135855ISBN 10: 0195135857 Pages: 348 Publication Date: 01 June 2000 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsReviewsIt is worth its price * Plant Systematics and Evolution * It is worth its price Plant Systematics and Evolution Author InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |