Organelles, Genomes and Eukaryote Phylogeny: An Evolutionary Synthesis in the Age of Genomics

by Robert P Hirt (Editor), David S. Horner (Editor)

Overview

The recent revolution in molecular biology has spread through every field of biology including systematics and evolution. Researchers can now analyze the genomes of different species relatively quickly, and this is generating a great deal of data and theories about relationships between taxa as well as how they originated and diversified.

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781134424795
Publisher:	CRC Press
Publication date:	06/28/2004
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	400
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Robert P. Hirt, David S. Horner

Table of Contents

An Overview on Eukaryote Origins and Evolution. Excavata and the Origin of Amitochondriate Eukaryotes. The Evolutionary History of Plastids. Chromalveolate Diversity and Cell Megaevolution. Origin and Evolution of Animals, Fungi and their Unicellular Allies. Pitfalls in Tree Reconstruction and the Phylogeny of Eukaryotes. The Importance of Evolutionary Biology to the Analysis of Genome Data. Eukaryotic Phylogenyin the age of Genomics. Genome Phylogenies. Genomics of Microbial Parasites. Evolutionary Contribution of Plastid genes to Plant Nuclear Genomes and its Effects on the Composition of the Proteomes of all Cellular Compartments. Protein Translocation Machinery in Chloroplasts and Mitochondria. Mitosomes, Hydrogenosomes and Mitochondria. Eukaryotic Cell Evolution from a Comparative Genomic Perspective. The Membranome and Membrane Heredity in Development and Evolution. Epigenetic Inheritance and Evolutionary Adaptation