Mutation-driven evolution / Masatoshi Nei.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nei, Masatoshi.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mutation (Biology).

Evolution.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (256 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The purpose of this book is to present a new mechanistic theory of mutation-driven evolution based on recent advances in genomics and evolutionary developmental biology. The theory asserts, perhaps somewhat controversially, that the driving force behind evolution is mutation, with natural selection being of only secondary importance. The word 'mutation' is used to describe any kind of change in DNA such as nucleotide substitution, gene duplication/deletion, chromosomal change, andgenome duplication. A brief history of the principal evolutionary theories (Darwinism, mutationism, neo-Darwinism,

Contents:

Selectionism and mutationism

Neo-Darwinism and panselectionism

Evolutionary theories in the neo-Darwinian era

Molecular evolution

Gene duplication, multigene families, and repetitive DNA sequences

Evolution of phenotypic characters

Mutation and selection in speciation

Adaptation and evolution

Mutation and selection in evolution

General summary and conclusion

Appendix : mathematical notes.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

0-19-163782-3

0-19-163781-5

OCLC:

854972021