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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452094803321

Titolo

Reconstructing evolution [[electronic resource] ] : new mathematical and computational advances / / edited by Olivier Gascuel and Mike Steel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2007

ISBN

1-281-14911-X

9786611149116

0-19-152598-7

1-4294-9856-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (349 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

GascuelOlivier <1956->

SteelM. A

Disciplina

576.8015118

Soggetti

Evolution (Biology) - Mathematical models

Biology - Mathematical models

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"This book arises from the Mathematics of Evolution & Phylogenetics meeting at the Mathematical Institute Henri Poincaré, Paris, in June 2005 and is based on ... reports presented by keynote speakers."--Back cover.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Contributors; I: Evolution in Populations; II: Models of sequence evolution; III: Tree shape, speciation, and extinction; IV: Trees from subtrees and characters; V: From trees to networks; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Evolution is a complex process, acting at multiple scales, from DNA sequences and proteins to populations of species. This collection of 10 chapters - based around five themes - provides a detailed overview of the key topics, from the underlying concepts to the latest results. - ;Evolution is a complex process, acting at multiple scales, from DNA sequences and proteins to populations of species. Understanding and reconstructing evolution is of major importance in numerous subfields of biology. For example, phylogenetics and sequence evolution is central to comparative genomics, attempts to dec