Bringing the related areas of molecular evolution, phylogenetics, and genomics together in one volume, this text facilitates comprehension of evolutionary processes. Topics covered include the origins of life, the evolution of organisms on Earth, the history of the study of evolution, basic structures of DNA, RNA, proteins, and other biological molecules; molecular biology and ribosomes; DNA replication and the various ways in which chromosomes are separated; mutation and repair of DNA; multigene families; phylogenetic analysis and how researchers use the raw sequence data to reconstruct portions of evolutionary processes; and details of the genomes of a variety of organisms
- ISBN: 978-1-4398-1995-1
- Editorial: Parthenon Publishing
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 391
- Fecha Publicación: 25/07/2011
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés
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