Overview

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 mechanisms Offering an up-to-date overview of recent findings in the field of evolutionary biology, this book is an invaluable source of information for scientists, teachers and advanced students.

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Author:   Pierre Pontarotti
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Edition:   2013 ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   5.915kg
ISBN:  

9783642382116

ISBN 10:   3642382118
Pages:   300
Publication Date:   15 July 2013
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Part I  History of Great Discoveries   1 The First Experiments of Ascidian and Sea Urchin Eggs Fertilization Margherita Raineri, Erki Tammiksaar   Part II  Evolutionary Biology Concepts   2 Ontic Openness as Key Factor in the Evolution of Biological Systems Søren Nors Nielsen and Claus Emmeche   3 Effects of Epistasis and Pleiotropy on Fitness Landscapes Bjørn Østman   Part III  Exobiology and the Origin of Life   4 Autocatalytic Sets: The Origin of Life, Evolution, and Functional Organization Wim Hordijk, Mike Steel and Stuart Kauffman   5 Interactions of Clay Minerals with RNA Components Hideo Hashizume, Sjerry van der Gaast, Benny K.G. Theng   6 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   7 From Life to Exolife: The interdependence of astrobiology and evolutionary biology Jack T. O’Malley-James and Stefanie Lutz   8 The Possible Roles of Water in the Prebiotic Chemical Evolution of DNA ― An Approach by Single Molecule Studies Shuxun Cui   Part IV  Evolutionary Mechanisms   9 Domain Architecture Evolution of Metazoan Proteins László Patthy   10 Of Trees and Bushes: Phylogenetic Networks as Tools to Detect, Visualize and Model Reticulate Evolution Antonio Hernandez-Lopez   11 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   12 Molecular Evolution of Disrupted Transfer RNA Genes and Their Introns in Archaea Akio Kanai   13 Memory of Temperature in the Seasonal Control of Flowering Time: an Unexplored Link Between Meteorology and Molecular Biology Hiroshi Kudoh and Atsushi J. Nagano   14 Current Approaches in Spatial Genetics V. Montano, A. Eriksson, A. Manica and Y. Moodley   15 Consequences of Segregation and Genetic Exchange on Adaptability in Arbuscular Mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) Caroline Angelard and Ian.R Sanders   16 Mitochondrial Genes, Sex Determination and Hermaphroditism in Freshwater Mussels (Bivalvia: Unionoida). Donald T. Stewart, Walter R. Hoeh, Gerhard Bauer, and Sophie Breton   17 Variable Lymphocyte Receptors in JawLess Vertebrates: Illuminating the Origin and Early Evolution of Adaptive Immunity Sabyasachi Das and Masayuki Hirano   18 An Evo-Devo Perspective on Hybrid Infertility and Speciation Priscilla Ambrosi, Sebastian Chadha, Emma Yang, Rui Sousa-Neves and Claudia M Mizutani   19 Genetic and Molecular Dissection of Animal Decision-Making: A New Frontier for Genetic Analysis Youngmin Chu, Joseph Schinaman and Rui Sousa-Neves                                                                                                                        

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“The reviewed volume is an important contribution to the understanding of the life origin and development. Evidently, biologists (including geneticists and astrobiologists) are its target audience, but palaeobiologists and geobiologists (professionals and students with very advanced knowledge) should not miss it, too. The book will give the latter a number of highly interesting ideas for further thoughts.” (Dmitry A. Ruban, Zentralblatt für Geologie und Paläontologie, Issue 5-6, 2014)

The reviewed volume is an important contribution to the understanding of the life origin and development. Evidently, biologists (including geneticists and astrobiologists) are its target audience, but palaeobiologists and geobiologists (professionals and students with very advanced knowledge) should not miss it, too. The book will give the latter a number of highly interesting ideas for further thoughts. (Dmitry A. Ruban, Zentralblatt fur Geologie und Palaontologie, Issue 5-6, 2014)

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