Evolutionary Biology - Concepts, Molecular and Morphological Evolution

1. Front Matter

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2. Evolutionary Biology Concepts

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Extinct and Extant Reptiles: A Model System for the Study of Sex Chromosome Evolution

      • Daniel E. Janes

      Pages 3-17

   3. Constraints, Plasticity, and Universal Patterns in Genome and Phenome Evolution

      • Eugene V. Koonin, Yuri I. Wolf

      Pages 19-47

   4. Starvation-Induced Reproductive Isolation in Yeast

      • Eugene Kroll, R. Frank Rosenzweig, Barbara Dunn

      Pages 49-65

   5. Populations of RNA Molecules as Computational Model for Evolution

      • Michael Stich, Carlos Briones, Ester Lázaro, Susanna C. Manrubia

      Pages 67-79

   6. Pseudaptations and the Emergence of Beneficial Traits

      • Steven E. Massey

      Pages 81-98

3. Genome / Molecular Evolution

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 99-99

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   2. Transferomics: Seeing the Evolutionary Forest Using Phylogenetic Trees

      • John W. Whitaker, David R. Westhead

      Pages 101-114

   3. Comparative Genomics and Transcriptomics of Lactation

      • Christophe M. Lefèvre, Karensa Menzies, Julie A. Sharp, Kevin R. Nicholas

      Pages 115-132

   4. Evolutionary Dynamics in the Aphid Genome: Search for Genes Under Positive Selection and Detection of Gene Family Expansions

      • Morgane Ollivier, Claude Rispe

      Pages 133-142

   5. Mammalian Chromosomal Evolution: From Ancestral States to Evolutionary Regions

      • Terence J. Robinson, Aurora Ruiz-Herrera

      Pages 143-158

   6. Mechanisms and Evolution of Dorsal–Ventral Patterning

      • Claudia Mieko Mizutani, Rui Sousa-Neves

      Pages 159-177

   7. Evolutionary Genomics for Eye Diversification

      • Atsushi Ogura

      Pages 179-186

   8. Do Long and Highly Conserved Noncoding Sequences in Vertebrates Have Biological Functions?

      • Yoichi Gondo

      Pages 187-206

4. Morphological Evolution / Speciation

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 207-207

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   2. Male-Killing Wolbachia in the Butterfly Hypolimnas bolina

      • Anne Duplouy, Scott L. O’Neill

      Pages 209-227

   3. Evolution of Immunosuppressive Organelles from DNA Viruses in Insects

      • Brian A. Federici, Yves Bigot

      Pages 229-248

   4. The Neogastropoda: Evolutionary Innovations of Predatory Marine Snails with Remarkable Pharmacological Potential

      • Maria Vittoria Modica, Mandë Holford

      Pages 249-270

   5. Antennal Hammers: Echos of Sensillae Past

      • Nina Laurenne, Donald L. J. Quicke

      Pages 271-282

The annual Evolutionary Biology Meetings in Marseille aim to bring together leading scientists, promoting an exchange of state-of-the-art knowledge and the formation of inter-group collaborations. This book presents the most representative contributions to the 13th meeting, which was held in September 2009. It comprises 21 chapters, which are organized into the following three categories: • Evolutionary Biology Concepts • Genome/Molecular Evolution • Morphological Evolution/Speciation This book offers an up-to-date overview of evolutionary biology concepts and their use in the biology of the 21st century.

• Chromosome
• DNA
• Vertebrate
• adaptive Radiation
• biogeography
• biological functions
• evolution
• evolutionary biology
• genes
• genetics
• genome
• molecular evolution

• CNRS UMR 6632, Labo. Evolution Biologique et, Université d'Aix-Marseille, Marseille CX 03, France

  Pierre Pontarotti

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