Evolutionary Genetics Concepts and Case Studies,9780195168174

Evolutionary Genetics Concepts and Case Studies

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ISBN13: 9780195168174
ISBN10: 0195168178
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2006-04-27
Publisher(s): Oxford University Press
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Summary

Charles Fox and Jason Wolf have brought together leading researchers to produce a cutting-edge primer introducing readers to the major concepts in modern evolutionary genetics. This book spans the continuum of scale, from studies of DNA sequence evolution through proteins and development tomultivariate phenotypic evolution, and the continuum of time, from ancient events that lead to current species diversity to the rapid evolution seen over relatively short time scales in experimental evolution studies. Chapters are accessible to an audience lacking extensive background inevolutionary genetics but also current and in-depth enough to be of value to established researchers in evolution biology.

Author Biography


Charles Fox is an evolutionary ecologist who uses quantitative genetic approaches to study evolution and adaptation of ecologically important traits. He has coedited two previous books for Oxford University Press, Maternal Effects as Adaptations (1998) and Evolutionary Ecology: Concepts and Case Studies (2001).

Jason Wolf is an evolutionary geneticist who integrates empirical and theoretical quantitative and population genetics to study the evolution of complex traits. He coedited Epistasis and the Evolutionary Process (2000).

Table of Contents

Contributors xiii
Part I -- Principles of Evolutionary Genetics
From Mendel to Molecules: A Brief History of Evolutionary Genetics
3(11)
Michael R. Dietrich
Genetic Variation
14(18)
Marta L. Wayne
Michael M. Miyamoto
Box 2.1. Maternal Effects
19(13)
Timothy A. Mousseau
Mutation
32(17)
David Houle
Alexey Kondrashov
Natural Selection
49(16)
Michael J. Wade
Box 4.1. Defining and Measuring Fitness
52(13)
Daphne J. Fairbairn
Stochastic Processes in Evolution
65(15)
John H. Gillespie
Box 5.1. The Probability of Extinction of an Allele
68(2)
Box 5.2. Mutational Landscape Model
70(10)
Genetics and Evolution in Structured Populations
80(23)
Charles J. Goodnight
Box 6.1. Epistasis and the Conversion of Genetic Variance
87(16)
Jason B. Wolf
Part II -- Molecular Evolution
Detecting Selection at the Molecular Level
103(16)
Michael W. Nachman
Rates of Molecular Evolution
119(14)
Francisco Rodriguez-Trelles
Rosa Tarrio
Francisco J. Ayala
Box 8.1. Timing Evolutionary Events with a Molecular Clock
122(3)
Box 8.2. Testing the Hypothesis of the Molecular Clock
125(8)
Weak Selection on Noncoding Gene Features
133(11)
Ying Chen
Wolfgang Stephan
Evolution of Eukaryotic Genome Structure
144(13)
Dmitri A. Petrov
Jonathan F. Wendel
New Genes, New Functions: Gene Family Evolution and Phylogenetics
157(16)
Joe Thornton
Gene Genealogies
173(20)
Noah A. Rosenberg
Box 12.1. Horizontal Inheritance
176(17)
Part III -- From Genotype to Phenotype
Gene Function and Molecular Evolution
193(18)
Simon C. Lovell
Box 13.1. The Role of Gene Interaction Networks in Evolution
200(11)
Stephen R. Proulx
Evolution of Multidomain Proteins
211(11)
Laszlo Patthy
Evolutionary Developmental Biology
222(13)
David L. Stern
Box 15.1. Hox Genes
224(5)
Box 15.2. Functional Assays in Nonmodel Organisms
229(6)
Canalization
235(17)
Mark L. Siegal
Aviv Bergman
Box 16.1. Computational Modeling of the Evolution of Gene Regulatory Networks
243(9)
Evolutionary Epigenetics
252(15)
Eva Jablonka
Marion J. Lamb
Part IV -- Quantitative Genetics and Selection
Evolutionary Quantitative Genetics
267(21)
Derek A. Roff
Box 18.1. Individual Fitness Surfaces and Multivariate Selection
269(19)
Jason B. Wolf
Genetic Architecture of Quantitative Variation
288(22)
James M. Cheverud
Box 19.1. Genotypic Values: Additivity, Dominance, and Epistasis
289(1)
Box 19.2. Genic Values and Genetic Variances
290(1)
Box 19.3. How to Perform a QTL Analysis
291(3)
Box 19.4. Evolutionary Morphometrics
294(10)
Christian Peter Klingenberg
Box 19.5. Modularity
304(6)
Jason G. Mezey
Evolution of Genetic Variance-Covariance Structure
310(16)
Patrick C. Phillips
Katrina L. McGuigan
Box 20.1. What Is a Covariance?
311(2)
Box 20.2. Pleiotropic Effects
313(3)
Box 20.3. Evolution of the G Matrix
316(10)
Genotype-Environment Interactions and Evolution
326(13)
Samuel M. Scheiner
Genetics of Sexual Selection
339(11)
Allen J. Moore
Patricia J. Moore
Social Selection
350(24)
Steven A. Frank
Box 23.1. Coefficients of Relatedness
352(15)
Part V -- Genetics of Speciation
Box. Species Concepts
367(7)
James Mallet
The Evolution of Reproductive Isolating Barriers
374(13)
Norman A. Johnson
Genetics of Reproductive Isolation and Species Differences in Model Organisms
387(12)
Pawel Michalak
Mohamed A. F. Noor
Box 25.1. The Dobzhansky-Muller Model
392(7)
Natural Hybridization
399(15)
Michael L. Arnold
John M. Burke
Box 26.1. Potential Outcomes of Natural Hybridization
400(14)
Population Bottlenecks and Founder Effects
414(12)
Lisa Marie Meffert
Box 27.1. Models of the Shifts in Selection Pressures Experienced by Bottlenecked Populations
415(11)
Theory of Phylogenetic Estimation
426(21)
Ashley N. Egan
Keith A. Crandall
Box 28.1. Philosophical and Methodological Differences in Phylogenetics
434(13)
Part VI -- Evolutionary Genetics in Action
Evolutionary Genetics of Host-Parasite Interactions
447(17)
Paula X. Kover
Box 29.1. The Coevolutionary Consequences of Tolerance versus Resistance
448(5)
Box 29.2. Arabidopsis as a Model Organism in Evolutionary Genetics
453(3)
Kentaro K. Shimizu
Michael D. Purugganan
Box 29.3. Evolution of Virulence
456(8)
The Evolutionary Genetics of Senescence
464(18)
Daniel E. L. Promislow
Anne M. Bronikowski
Box 30.1. Demography of an Age-Structured Population
466(5)
Box 30.2. Drosophila as a Model Organism in Evolutionary Biology
471(11)
Jeffrey R. Powell
Experimental Evolution
482(20)
Adam K. Chippindale
Box 31.1. E. coli as a Model Organism in Evolutionary Genetics
485(17)
Richard E. Lenski
Evolutionary Conservation Genetics
502(11)
Richard Frankham
Glossary 513(14)
References 527(48)
Index 575

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