The dynamic genome : a Darwinian approach / Antonio Fontdevila.

  • Fontdevila, Antonio, 1941-
Date:
2011
  • Books

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Description

The author's principle intention is to show that whilst genomics is revealing new and previously unanticipated mechanisms and sources of variability that must be incorporated into evolutionary theory, there is no reason to dismiss the role of natural selection as the mechanism that sorts out these potentialities.

Publication/Creation

New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.

Physical description

xii, 212 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-212) and index.

Contents

The dynamic genome: a general introduction -- The unity of type: ancient homologies in the genome -- The genome is mobile -- The horizontal genome -- Reconstructing Darwinism from Darwin to the genome via the modern synthesis.

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Where to find it

  • LocationStatus
    Medical Collection
    QU470 2011F68d
    Open shelves

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ISBN

  • 9780199541379
  • 019954137X