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Evolutionary biology : exobiology and evolutionary mechanisms / [edited by] Pierre Pontarotti.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Berlin : Springer-Verlag, 2013.Description: ix, 300 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9783642382116 (alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 576.8 23 P811
Contents:
The first experiments on ascidian and sea urchin eggs fertilization / Margherita Raineri and Erki Tammiksaar -- Ontic openness as key factor in the evolution of biological systems / Søren Nors Nielsen and Claus Emmeche -- Effects of epistasis and pleiotropy on fitness landscapes / Bjørn Østman -- The origin of life, evolution, and functional organization / Wim Hordijk, Mike Steel and Stuart Kauffman -- Interactions of clay minerals with RNA components / Hideo Hashizume, Sjerry van der Gaast and Benny K.G. Theng -- Bottom-up protocell design : gaining insights in the emergence of complex functions / Rafał Wieczorek, Michael C. Wamberg, Anders N. Albertsen, Philipp M.G. Löffler and Pierre-Alain Monnard -- From life to exolife : the interdependence of astrobiology and evolutionary biology / Jack T. O'Malley-James and Stefanie Lutz -- The possible roles of water in the prebiotic chemical evolution of DNA : an approach by single molecule studies / Shuxun Cui -- Domain architecture evolution of metazoan proteins / László Patthy -- Of trees and bushes : phylogenetic networks as tools to detect, visualize and model reticulate evolution / Antonio Hernandez-Lopez -- Horizontal acquisition of prokaryotic genes for eukaryote functioning and niche adaptation / Maxime Bruto, Claire Prigent-Combaret, Patricia Luis, Grégory Hoff, Yvan Moënne-Loccoz and Daniel Muller -- Molecular evolution of disrupted transfer RNA genes and their introns in Archaea / Akio Kanai -- Memory of temperature in the seasonal control of flowering time : an unexplored link between meteorology and molecular biology / Hiroshi Kudoh and Atsushi J. Nagano -- Current approaches in spatial genetics / V. Montano, A. Eriksson, A. Manica and Y. Moodley -- Consequences of segregation and genetic exchange on adaptability in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) / Caroline Angelard and Ian R. Sanders -- Mitochondrial genes, sex determination and hermaphroditism in freshwater mussels (Bivalvia: Unionoida) / Donald T. Stewart, Walter R. Hoeh, Gerhard Bauer and Sophie Breton -- Variable lymphocyte receptors in jawless vertebrates : illuminating the origin and early evolution of adaptive immunity / Sabyasachi Das and Masayuki Hirano -- An evo-devo perspective on hybrid infertility and speciation / Priscilla Ambrosi, Sebastian Chahda, Emma Yang, Rui Sousa-Neves and Claudia M. Mizutani -- Genetic and molecular dissection of animal decision-making : a new frontier for genetic analysis / Youngmin Chu, Joseph Schinaman and Rui Sousa-Neves.
Summary: This book presents 19 selected contributions to the 16th Evolutionary Biology Meeting, which took place in September 2012 in Marseilles. The aims of these annual meetings, which gather together leading evolutionary biologists and other scientists, are to promote the exchange of ideas and to encourage interdisciplinary collaborations. The first chapter deals with the history of a great discovery: The first experiments on ascidian and sea urchin egg fertilization. The remaining contributions are grouped under the following categories: · Evolutionary biology concepts · Exobiology and the origin of life · Evolutionary mechanism. Offering an up-to-date overview of recent findings in the fields of revolutionary biology, this book is an invaluable source of information for scientists, teachers and advanced students.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

The first experiments on ascidian and sea urchin eggs fertilization / Margherita Raineri and Erki Tammiksaar --
Ontic openness as key factor in the evolution of biological systems / Søren Nors Nielsen and Claus Emmeche --
Effects of epistasis and pleiotropy on fitness landscapes / Bjørn Østman --
The origin of life, evolution, and functional organization / Wim Hordijk, Mike Steel and Stuart Kauffman --
Interactions of clay minerals with RNA components / Hideo Hashizume, Sjerry van der Gaast and Benny K.G. Theng --
Bottom-up protocell design : gaining insights in the emergence of complex functions / Rafał Wieczorek, Michael C. Wamberg, Anders N. Albertsen, Philipp M.G. Löffler and Pierre-Alain Monnard --
From life to exolife : the interdependence of astrobiology and evolutionary biology / Jack T. O'Malley-James and Stefanie Lutz --
The possible roles of water in the prebiotic chemical evolution of DNA : an approach by single molecule studies / Shuxun Cui --
Domain architecture evolution of metazoan proteins / László Patthy --
Of trees and bushes : phylogenetic networks as tools to detect, visualize and model reticulate evolution / Antonio Hernandez-Lopez --
Horizontal acquisition of prokaryotic genes for eukaryote functioning and niche adaptation / Maxime Bruto, Claire Prigent-Combaret, Patricia Luis, Grégory Hoff, Yvan Moënne-Loccoz and Daniel Muller --
Molecular evolution of disrupted transfer RNA genes and their introns in Archaea / Akio Kanai --
Memory of temperature in the seasonal control of flowering time : an unexplored link between meteorology and molecular biology / Hiroshi Kudoh and Atsushi J. Nagano --
Current approaches in spatial genetics / V. Montano, A. Eriksson, A. Manica and Y. Moodley --
Consequences of segregation and genetic exchange on adaptability in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) / Caroline Angelard and Ian R. Sanders --
Mitochondrial genes, sex determination and hermaphroditism in freshwater mussels (Bivalvia: Unionoida) / Donald T. Stewart, Walter R. Hoeh, Gerhard Bauer and Sophie Breton --
Variable lymphocyte receptors in jawless vertebrates : illuminating the origin and early evolution of adaptive immunity / Sabyasachi Das and Masayuki Hirano --
An evo-devo perspective on hybrid infertility and speciation / Priscilla Ambrosi, Sebastian Chahda, Emma Yang, Rui Sousa-Neves and Claudia M. Mizutani --
Genetic and molecular dissection of animal decision-making : a new frontier for genetic analysis / Youngmin Chu, Joseph Schinaman and Rui Sousa-Neves.

This book presents 19 selected contributions to the 16th Evolutionary Biology Meeting, which took place in September 2012 in Marseilles. The aims of these annual meetings, which gather together leading evolutionary biologists and other scientists, are to promote the exchange of ideas and to encourage interdisciplinary collaborations. The first chapter deals with the history of a great discovery: The first experiments on ascidian and sea urchin egg fertilization. The remaining contributions are grouped under the following categories: · Evolutionary biology concepts · Exobiology and the origin of life · Evolutionary mechanism. Offering an up-to-date overview of recent findings in the fields of revolutionary biology, this book is an invaluable source of information for scientists, teachers and advanced students.

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