Molecular evolution /

Li, Wen-Hsiung, 1942-

Molecular evolution / Wen-Hsiung Li. - Sunderland, Mass. : Sinauer Associates, c1997. - xv, 487 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 437-474) and index.

Contents

Introduction : Molecular evolution: a brief history of the Pre-DNA era

chapter 1: Gene structure, genetic codes, and mutation

chapter 2: Dynamics of genes in populations

chapter 3: Evolutionary change in nucleotide sequences

chapter 4: Estimating the number of nucleotide sunstitutions between sequences

chapter 5: Molecular phylogenetics: methods

chapter 6: molecular phylogenetics: examples

chapter 7: Rates and patterns of nucleotide substitution

chapter 8; Molecular clocks

chapter 9: DNA polymorphism in populations

chapter 10: Evolution by gene duplication and domain shuffling

chapter 11: Concerted evolution of multigene families

chapter 12: Evolution by transposition and horizontal transfer

chapter 13: Genome organization and evolution

chapter 14: Roles of mutation and selection in molecular evolution

0878934634 (cloth)


Molecular evolution.

QU 520 L693m 1997