New Uses for New Phylogenies [Paperback]

Recent advances in molecular genetics make the sequencing of genes a straightforward exercise. Comparisons of sequenced genes from different individuals of a species, or from different species, allow the construction of family trees or evolutionary trees which reveal genetic relationships. This volume shows for the first time how those trees, or phylogenies, can be used to answer questions about population dynamics, epidemiology, development, biodiversity, conservation, and the evolution of genetic systems. The techniques for deciding what these new trees can tell us come together in a unified framework so that a common set of methods can be applied, whatever area of biology interests the researcher.

1. What this book is about,Paul H. Harvey and Sean Nee
2. New phylogenies: an introductory look at the coalescent,Rosalind M. Harding
3. Genealogies and geography,N.H. Barton and I. Wilson
4. The coalescent process and background selection,R.R. Hudson and N.L. Kaplan
5. Inferring population history from molecular phylogenies,Sean Nee, Eddie C. Holmes, Andrew Rambaut, and Paul H. Harvey
6. Applications of intraspecific phylogenetics,Keith A. Crandall and Alan R. Templeton
7. Inferring phylogenies from DNA sequence data: the effects of sampling,Sarah P. Otto, Michael P. Cummings, and John Wakeley
8. Uses for evolutionary trees,Walter M. Fitch
9. Cross-species transmission and recombination of 'AIDS' viruses,Paul M. Sharp, David L. Robertson, and Beatrice H. Hahn
10. Using interspecies phylogenies to test macroevolutionary hypotheses,Andy Purvis
11. Using phylogenetic trees to reconstruct the history of infectious disease epidemics,Eddie C. Holmes, Paul Bollyky, Sean Nee, Andrew Rambaut, Geoff P. Garnett, and Paul H. Harvey
12. Relating geographic patterns to phylogenetic processes,A. Malhotra, R.S. Thorpe, H. Black, J.C. Daltry, anlÓ$