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Introduction to Evolutionary Genomics

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  • © 2013

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Authors:
  1. Naruya Saitou

    1. Division of Population Genetics, National Institute of Genetics (NIG), Mishima, Japan

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  • The first textbook on the new field of evolutionary genomics
  • Discusses in detail a series of genome sequence processing procedures
  • Provides supplementary material at an associated website
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Computational Biology (COBO, volume 17)

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiii
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  2. Basic Processes of Genome Evolution

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Basic Metabolism Surrounding DNAs

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      Pages 3-26

    3. Mutation

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      Pages 27-54

    4. Phylogeny

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      Pages 55-87

    5. Neutral Evolution

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      Pages 89-124

    6. Natural Selection

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      Pages 125-154

  3. Evolving Genomes

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 155-155
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    2. A Brief History of Life

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      Pages 157-173

    3. Prokaryote Genomes

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      Pages 175-191

    4. Eukaryote Genomes

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      Pages 193-222

    5. Vertebrate Genomes

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      Pages 223-247

    6. Human Genome

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      Pages 249-262

  4. Methods for Evolutionary Genomics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 263-263
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    2. Genome Sequencing

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      Pages 265-280

    3. Omic Data Collection

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      Pages 281-288

    4. Databases

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      Pages 289-299

    5. Sequence Homology Handling

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      Pages 301-334

    6. Evolutionary Distances

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      Pages 335-366

    7. Tree and Network Building

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      Pages 367-415
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About this book

This book is the first of its kind to explain the fundamentals of evolutionary genomics. The comprehensive coverage includes concise descriptions of a variety of genome organizations, a thorough discussion of the methods used, and a detailed review of genome sequence processing procedures. The opening chapters also provide the necessary basics for readers unfamiliar with evolutionary studies. Features: introduces the basics of molecular biology, DNA replication, mutation, phylogeny, neutral evolution, and natural selection; presents a brief evolutionary history of life from the primordial seas to the emergence of humans; describes the genomes of prokaryotes, eukaryotes, vertebrates, and humans; reviews methods for genome sequencing, phenotype data collection, homology searches and analysis, and phylogenetic tree and network building; discusses databases of genome sequences and related information, evolutionary distances, and population genomics; provides supplementary material at an associated website.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Division of Population Genetics, National Institute of Genetics (NIG), Mishima, Japan

    Naruya Saitou

About the author

Dr. Naruya Saitou is a Professor in the Division of Population Genetics at the National Institute of Genetics, and a Professor in the Department of Genetics at the Graduate University for Advanced Studies, Mishima, Japan. He is also a Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Tokyo, Japan.

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