Introduction to Evolutionary Genomics

Evolutionary genomics is a new discipline that bridges the fields of molecular evolution, bioinformatics and genomics in order to provide a unique perspective on the history of life. This easy-to-follow textbook is the first of its kind to explain the fundamentals of evolutionary genomics. The compr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Naruya Saitou
Format: Printed Book
Published: Springer London 2013
Series:Computational biology, v. 17.
Subjects:
Evolutionary genetics > Statistical methods. Genomics. Gene mapping.
Table of Contents:
  • Part I: Basic Processes of Genome Evolution
  • Basic Metabolism Surrounding DNAs
  • Mutation
  • Phylogeny
  • Neutral Evolution
  • Natural Selection
  • Part II: Evolving Genomes
  • Brief History of Life
  • Prokaryote Genomes
  • Eukaryote Genomes
  • Vertebrate Genomes
  • Human Genomes
  • Part III: Methods for Evolutionary Genomics
  • Genome Sequencing
  • Omic Data Collection
  • Databases
  • Sequence Homology Handling
  • Evolutionary Distances
  • Tree and Network Building
  • Population Genomics.

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