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9780198549840

New Uses for New Phylogenies

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  • ISBN13:

    9780198549840

  • ISBN10:

    0198549849

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1996-08-08
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press

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Summary

Recent advances in molecular genetics make the sequencing of genes a straightforward exercise. Comparisons of sequenced genes from different individuals of a species, or from different species, allow the construction of family trees or evolutionary trees which reveal genetic relationships. This volume shows for the first time how those trees, or phylogenies, can be used to answer questions about population dynamics, epidemiology, development, biodiversity, conservation, and the evolution of genetic systems. The techniques for deciding what these new trees can tell us come together in a unified framework so that a common set of methods can be applied, whatever area of biology interests the researcher.

Table of Contents

What this book is about
New phylogenies: an introductory look at the coalescent
Genealogies and geography
The coalescent process and background selection
Inferring population history from molecular phylogenies
Applications of intraspecific phylogenetics
Inferring phylogenies from DNA sequence data: the effects of sampling
Uses for evolutionary trees
Cross-species transmission and recombination of 'AIDS' viruses
Using interspecies phylogenies to test macroevolutionary hypotheses
Using phylogenetic trees to reconstruct the history of infectious disease epidemics
Relating geographic patterns to phylogenetic processes
Uses of molecular phylogenies for conservation
Testing the time axis of phylogenies
Comparative evolution of larval and adult life-history stages and small subunit ribosomal RNA amongst post-Palaeozoic echinoids
Molecular phylogenies and host-parasite cospeciation: gophers and lice as a model system
A microevolutionary link, between phylogenies and comparative data
Comparative test of evolutionary lability and rats using molecular phylogenies
Community evolution in Greater Antilean anolis lizards: phylogenetic patterns and experimental tests
The evolution of body plans: HOM/Hox cluster evolution, model systems, and the importance of phylogeny
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