This acclaimed textbook has been updated to incorporate the many advances in genomics, protein engineering, computational biology and bioinformatics. In the Second Edition, the authors continue to explain evolutionary change at the molecular level in a way that can be understood without much prerequisite knowledge of molecular biology, evolution or mathematics.
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'[AN] excellent introduction to molecular evolution ... highly recommended.' - Nature on the first edition
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'[AN] excellent introduction to molecular evolution ... highly recommended.' - Nature on the first edition
'[AN] excellent introduction to molecular evolution ... highly recommended.' - Nature on the first edition
Contents:
Introduction
Genes, Genetic Codes, and Mutation
Dynamics of Genes in Populations
Evolutionary Change in Nucleotide Sequences
Rates and Patterns of Nucleotide Substitution
Molecular Phylogenetics
Gene Duplication, Exon Shuffling, and Concerted Evolution
Evolution by Transposition
Genome Evolution
Appendix I. Timetables of Evolution
Appendix II. Basics of Probability
Literature Cited
Subject Index
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8 of 10 people found the following review helpful
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Format:Paperback
I'm afraid I'm going to have to start this review with a rant about the price. This is not exactly the greatest bargain the world has ever see... As for content, the phrase "curate's egg" springs to mind. Some parts of this book (the coverage of gene duplication and exon shuffling, for example) are excellent. However, all too often information is allowed to drown in a sea of equations. The book also displays a lack of proofreading. Often, diagrams are labelled "1, 2 and 3" only to be referred to in the text as "a, b and c". This is a minor complaint, but it gets infuriating after you've paid [...] for the book. A glossary would also have been useful. In conclusion, then, this book has a lot of useful information marred by sloppy execution and a high price tag. Get it out of the library instead.
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This book is now over ten years old and so the field of molecular evolution has changed with the advent of genomic sequencing data and improved technologies. But this textbook provides an excellent overview of molecular evolution, covering all of the controversies such as selfish DNA and the neutral theory in a balanced and fair way. The mathematics is presented clearly and precisely and there are extensive references to the literature to those who want to go deeper.
There is excellent coverage of transposable elements and genome evolution, although some recent discoveries have changed our view of genome evolution. There is not another alternative text that covers the same material except perhaps Molecular Evolution a Phylogenetic Approach but this concentrates on the material presented in only one chapter of the book. The one thing that is missing that has grown in importance is Coalescence Theory. This is a new way of looking at evolution from a statistical perspective and this is replacing older methods. This is a large omission for a textbook that tries to give a comprehensive overview, but it is understandable as coalescence was in its infancy when the book was written.
Some of the reviews have said that it is not value for money. But there are 450 pages and I think that the price is reasonable for a specialist academic text.
There is excellent coverage of transposable elements and genome evolution, although some recent discoveries have changed our view of genome evolution. There is not another alternative text that covers the same material except perhaps Molecular Evolution a Phylogenetic Approach but this concentrates on the material presented in only one chapter of the book. The one thing that is missing that has grown in importance is Coalescence Theory. This is a new way of looking at evolution from a statistical perspective and this is replacing older methods. This is a large omission for a textbook that tries to give a comprehensive overview, but it is understandable as coalescence was in its infancy when the book was written.
Some of the reviews have said that it is not value for money. But there are 450 pages and I think that the price is reasonable for a specialist academic text.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By W. James
Format:Paperback
Some hard-core analytical phylogenetics is explained briefly but accessibly. Unlike others, this book discusses genome structures and their evolution.
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