Evolutionary Genetics Concepts and Case Studies [Paperback]

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 to multivariate 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 in evolutionaryy genetics but also current and in-depth enough to be of value to established researchers in evolution biology.

PART I: Principles of Evolutionary Genetics
1. From Mendel to Molecules: A Brief History of Evolutionary Genetics,Michael R. Dietrich
2. Genetic Variation,Marta L. Wayne and Michael M. Miyamota
3. Mutation,David Houle and Alexey Kondrashov
4. Natural Selection,Michael J. Wade
5. Stochastic Processes in Evolution,John H. Gillespie
6. Genetics and Evolution in Structured Populations,Charles J. Goodnight
PART II: Molecular Evolution
7. Detecting Selection at the Molecular Level,Michael W. Nachman
8. Rates of Molecular Evolution,Francisco Rodr?guez-Trelles, Rosa Tarr?o and Francisco J. Ayala
9. Weak Selection on Noncoding Gene Features,Ying Chen and Wolfgang Stephan
10. Evolution of Eukaryotic Genome Structure,Dmitri Petrov and Jonathan F. Wendel
11. New Genes, New Functions: Gene Family Evolution and Phylogenetics,Joe Thornton
12. Gene Genealogies,Noah A. Rosenberg
PART III: From Genotype to Phenotype
13. Gene Function and Molecular Evolution,Simon C. Lovell
14. Evolution of Multidomain Proteins,L?szl? Patthy
15. Evolutionary Developmental Biologylß