The evolution of genome size / edited by T. Cavalier-Smith.

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[1985], ©1985
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Credit: The evolution of genome size / edited by T. Cavalier-Smith. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Contents List of contributors vii Preface ix Units of measurement of genome size x 1. Introduction: the evolutionary significance of genome size 1 T. Cavalier-Smith 2. The evolution of bacterial genomes 37 M. Herdman 3. Eukaryotic gene numbers, non-coding DNA, and genome size 69 T. Cavalier-Smith 4. Cell volume and the evolution of eukaryote genome size 105 T. Cavalier-Smith 5. The genetic control of cell volume 185 P. Nurse 6. Experimentally induced changes in genome size 197 C. A. Cullis 1. DNA replication and the evolution of genome size 211 T. Cavalier-Smith 8. Selfish DNA, intragenomic selection, and genome size 253 T. Cavalier-Smith 9. Genome size and natural selection: observations and experiments in plants 267 K. Bachmann, К. L. Chambers and H. J. Price 10. Basis of diversity in mitochondrial DNAs 277 G. D. Clark-Walker 11. Evolution of plastid DNA 299 N. Gillham, J. E. Boynton and E. H. Harris v