Genes and evolution

by Orgogozo, Virginie

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Full title :Genes and evolution / edited by Virginie Orgogozo.

Summary

"This volume of Current Topics in Developmental Biology is being published at a time when many research laboratories are focusing on the evolution of diverse phenotypic traits and trying to dissect their genetic basis. A wide array of powerful methods have been developed in recent years to find the genes and the mutations responsible for evolutionary changes, so that empirical data on the "loci of evolution" are accumulating at a fast pace. The field of evolutionary genetics has now moved from pure theoretical computations of changes in allele frequencies in populations to assessments of the actual mutations that occurred in populations and that cause observable changes in phenotype, bringing up new ideas and new questions. Each chapter provides an overview of current knowledge and ongoing research on the genes and the mutations responsible for phenotypic evolution in different areas of investigation. As a whole this volume constitutes a remarkable material to reflect on our current state of research and to try to detect new future explanatory frameworks and ideas to be discovered from our examination of the genes and the mutations responsible for evolution"--

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2016.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Academic Press
Place of Publication:Amsterdam, [Netherlands]
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2016.

Notes

3.5. Real Life: Phenotypic Variation in Natural Populations.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (434 pages, 17 unnumbered pages of plates) : : illustrations.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780124172012, 0124172016
oclc:on1097109419
LC Classification:QH390
Dewey Decimal:572.838

Front Cover -- Genes and Evolution -- Copyright -- Contents -- Contributors -- Preface -- Chapter One: The ``Mendelian Gene´´ and the ``Molecular Gene´´: Two Relevant Concepts of Genetic Units -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The ``Mendelian Gene´´ and the ``Molecular Gene´´ -- 3. Current Literature Often Confuses the ``Mendelian Gene´´ and the ``Molecular Gene´´ Concepts -- 4. How Many Genes, Alleles, and Loci Within a Genome? -- 5. ``Genes´´ as Causal Agents of Phenotypes -- 6. Searching for the Concrete Objects Represented by ``Genes´´ -- 7. The white Gene -- 8. The Curly Gene -- 9. The Molecular Delimitations of the ``Mendelian Gene´´ and the ``Molecular Gene´´ Do Not Always Match -- 10. Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter Two: The Genetic Basis of Pigmentation Differences Within and Between Drosophila Species -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Development of Drosophila Pigmentation -- 3. Tissue-Specific Regulation of Pigmentation -- 4. Abdominal Pigmentation -- 4.1. Genetic Basis of Abdominal Pigmentation Differences Within a Species -- 4.2. Genetic Basis of Abdominal Pigmentation Differences Between Species -- 5. Thorax Pigmentation -- 5.1. Genetic Basis of Thorax Pigmentat…