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Author(s): Norman A. Johnson
ISBN(s): 9781435630536, 143563053X
Edition: 1
File Details: PDF, 1.74 MB
Year: 2007
Language: english
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ISBN 10: 143563053X

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Author: Norman A. Johnson

Biology is often viewed today as a bipartisan field, with molecular level genetics guiding us into the future and natural history (including ecology, evolution, and conservation biology,) chaining us to a descriptive scientific past. In Darwinian Detectives, Norman Johnson bridges this divide, revealing how the tried and true tools of natural history make sense of the newest genomic discoveries. Molecular scientists exploring newly sequenced genomes have stumbled upon quite a few surprises, including that only one to ten percent of the genetic material of animals actually codes for genes. What does the remaining 90-99% of the genome do? Why do some organisms have a much lower genome size than their close relatives? What were the genetic changes that were associated with us becoming human? As molecular biologists uncover these and other new mysteries, evolutionary geneticists are searching for answers to such questions. Norman Johnson captures the excitement of the hunt for our own genetic history. Through lively anecdotes, he explores how researchers detect natural selection acting on genes and what this genetic information tells us about human origins.

Table of contents:

Chapter 1. The Baby with the Baboon Heart: Why Evolution Still Matters

Chapter 2. Why Intelligent Design Is Not Science

Chapter 3. Negative Selection and the Neutral Theory of Molecular Evolution

Chapter 4. Detecting Positive Selection

Chapter 5. Balancing Selection and Disease

Chapter 6. Finding Our Roots: Did “Eve” Know “Adam”?

Chapter 7. Who Were the Neanderthals?

Chapter 8. Are We the Third Chimpanzee?

Chapter 9. What Are the Genetic Differences That Made Us Human?

Chapter 10. Clicks, Genes, and Languages

Chapter 11. Who Let the Dogs In? The Domestication of Animals and Plants

Chapter 12. Size Matters: Toward Understanding the Natural History of Genomes

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