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OverviewThis book presents coverage of the principles and practice of molecular clocks, which have provided fascinating and unprecedented insights into the evolutionary timescale of life on earth. It begins by following the early development of the molecular evolutionary clock in the 1960s, and leads to the complex statistical approaches that are now used to analyse genome sequences. The chapters of this book have been contributed by leading experts in the field and address the important issues of evolutionary rates, molecular dating, and phylogenomic analysis. This is the first time that these different aspects of the molecular clock have been brought together in a single, comprehensive volume. It is an invaluable reference for students and researchers interested in evolutionary biology, genetic analysis, and genomic evolution. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Simon Y. W. HoPublisher: Springer Nature Switzerland AG Imprint: Springer Nature Switzerland AG Edition: 1st ed. 2020 Weight: 0.751kg ISBN: 9783030601805ISBN 10: 3030601803 Pages: 249 Publication Date: 19 January 2021 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsPart 1. Introduction.- Chapter 1. The Molecular Clock and Evolutionary Rates Across the Tree of Life.- Chapter 2. Molecular Evolution: A Brief Introduction.- Chapter 3. Spontaneous Mutation Rates.- Chapter 4. Causes of Variation in the Rate of Molecular Evolution.- Part 2. Molecular Dating.- Chapter 5. Principles of Molecular Dating.- Chapter 6. Bayesian Molecular Dating.- Chapter 7. Clock Models for Evolution of Discrete Phenotypic Characters.- Chapter 8. Calibrations from the Fossil Record.- Part 3. Calibrating Molecular Clocks.- Chapter 9. Biogeographic Dating of Phylogenetic Divergence Times Using Priors and Processes.- Chapter 10. Estimating evolutionary rates and timescales from time-stamped data.- Chapter 11. Total-Evidence Dating and the Fossilized Birth-Death Model.- Part 4. Phylogenomics.- Chapter 12. Efficient methods for dating evolutionary divergences.- Chapter 13. Bayesian Phylogenomic Dating.ReviewsAuthor InformationSimon Ho is a Professor of Molecular Evolution at the University of Sydney. His research interests include molecular evolution, phylogenetics, and molecular clocks. He previously worked at the Australian National University, after receiving his doctorate from the University of Oxford. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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