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Mutation-driven evolution /
The purpose of this book is to present a new mechanistic theory of mutation-driven evolution based on recent advances in genomics and evolutionary developmental biology. The theory asserts, perhaps somewhat controversially, that the driving force behind evolution is mutation, with natural selection...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2013.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The purpose of this book is to present a new mechanistic theory of mutation-driven evolution based on recent advances in genomics and evolutionary developmental biology. The theory asserts, perhaps somewhat controversially, that the driving force behind evolution is mutation, with natural selection being of only secondary importance. The word 'mutation' is used to describe any kind of change in DNA such as nucleotide substitution, gene duplication/deletion, chromosomal change, andgenome duplication. A brief history of the principal evolutionary theories (Darwinism, mutationism, neo-Darwinism, |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xi, 244 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9780191637810 0191637815 129953919X 9781299539198 0191637823 9780191637827 |