Adaptive Evolution of Genes and Genomes

by Austin L. Hughes

Book Overview

This valuable book thoroughly examines adaptive evolution at the DNA level while taking a comprehensive look at the research being done in the area. It presents useful cases where signals of adaptive evolution are detected through neutral molecular evolution, providing a powerful strategy for testing the Darwinian hypothesis of natural selection. By bridging the gap between research on molecular and phenotype evolution and contributing to the unification...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195116267
• ISBN13: 9780195116267
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.5"