Evolutionary Theory and Processes

by Wasser, Solomon P.; Nevo, Eviatar; Vasser, Solomon Pavlovich

• ISBN13: 9781402016936
• ISBN10: 140201693X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-01-01
• Publisher: Kluwer Academic Pub

Summary

This volume consists of four parts: (I.) Evolution of Life and Evolutionary Theory- including papers on the origin of life, stress and evolution, population genetic structure, convergent evolution in extremely halophilic prokaryotes, complex dynamics of multilocus genetic systems caused by cyclical selection, and evolutionary epistemology; (II.) Genome Evolution- including papers on adaptive genome regulation, comparative mammalian genomes and novel genes, selection as generator of genetic diversity, the biological role of pseudogenes, and genome signatures; (III.) Phylogeography and Phylogeny- including papers on phylogeographic hypotheses, mushroom phylogeny, macroevolution, and the origin of higher taxa; and (IV.) Human Evolution and Ecology- including papers on man's place in nature, telomere biology and aging, the origin of human hairlessness, and the effects of humans on Mediterranean landscapes.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Foreword	xiii
Eviatar Nevo (in Honour of His 75th Birthday)	xv
List of Selected Publications of Eviatar Nevo	xxiii
List of Contributors	lxix
Acknowledgments	lxxv
Part One: Evolution of Life and Evolutionary Theory
Evolution and Life's Emergence under Prebiotic Conditions and in a Test-Tube	3	(14)
Noam Lahav
Aging and the Environment: the Stress Theories	17	(18)
Peter A. Parsons
Assessing Population Subdivision	35	(8)
James F. Crow
Convergent Evolution in Extremely Halophilic Prokaryotes: A Comparison between Salinibacter ruber (Bacteria) and the Halobacteriaceae (Archaea)	43	(22)
Aharon Oren
Complex Dynamics of Multilocus Genetic Systems Caused by Cyclical Selection	65	(44)
Valery M. Kirzhner, Vladimir M. Frenkel, and Abraham B. Korol
Evolutionary Epistemology and Invalidation	109	(6)
Yuval Ne'eman
Part Two: Genome Evolution
Tuning Function of Tandemly Repeating Sequences: A Molecular Device for Fast Adaptation	115	(24)
Edward N. Trifonov
Comparative Mammalian Genomics and Adaptive Evolution: Divergent Homologs and Novel Genes in the Cattle Genome	139	(14)
Harris A. Lewin, Joshua H. Larson and Charu G. Kumar
Selection Induced Genetic Variation: A New Model to Explain Direct and Indirect Effects of Sixty Years of Commercial Selection for Juvenile Growth Rate in Broiler Chickens, with Implications for Episodes of Rapid Evolutionary Change	153	(24)
Yoav Eitan and Morris Soller
Pseudogenes Are Not Junk DNA	177	(18)
Evgeniy S. Balakirev and Francisco J. Ayala
Genome Signature Comparisons of the Proteobacteria	195	(14)
Andrew J. Gentles and Samuel Karlin
Part Three: Phylogeography and Phylogeny
A Maximum Likelihood Framework for Cross Validation of Phylogeographic Hypotheses	209	(22)
Alan R. Templeton
Modern View on the Origin and Phylogenetic Reconstruction of Homobasidiomycetes Fungi	231	(34)
Ivan V. Zmitrovich and Solomon P. Wasser
Macroevolutionary Events and the Origin of Higher Taxa	265	(28)
Valentin A. Krassilov
Part Four: Human Evolution and Ecology
Humankind's Place in a Phylogenetic Classification of Living Primates	293	(20)
Derek E. Wildman and Morris Goodman
Evolution and Aging: Relation to Cellular Senescence and Telomere Biology	313	(16)
Karl Skorecki and Maty Tzukerman
The Evolution of Human Hairlessness: Cultural Adaptations and the Ectoparasite Hypothesis	329	(8)
Mark Pagel and Walter Bodmer
The Evolution of the Cultural Mediterranean Landscape in Israel as Affected by Fire, Grazing, and Human Activities	337	(74)
Zev Naveh and Yohay Carmel
Index	411