Evolutionary Biology: Genome Evolution, Speciation, Coevolution and Origin of Life (eBook)

ContentsPart I: Molecular and Genome Evolution1 Comparative biochemistry and evolution of milk oligosaccharides of monotremes, marsupials and eutheriansTadasu Urashima, Michael Messer, Olav T. Oftedal2 Genomics-based Insights into the Evolution of Secondary Metabolite Biosynthesis in Actinomycete BacteriaSergey B. Zotchev3 A preliminary transcriptomic study of galaxiid fishes reveals a larval glycoprotein gene under strong positive selection.Graham P. Wallis, Lise J. Wallis4 Land bridge calibration of rates of molecular evolution in a widespread rodentJS Herman, J Paupério, PC Alves, JB Searle5 Polyploid speciation and genome evolution: Lessons from recent allopolyploids.Malika L. Ainouche and Jonathan F. Wendel6 Evolutionary divergence in human versus mouse innate immune gene regulation and functionRonan Kapetanovic, Juliana K. Ariffin, Matthew J. Sweet7 Evolutionary Genomics of Miniature Inverted-repeat Transposable Elements (MITEs) in PlantsJiongjiong Chen, Qun Hu, Chen Lu, Hanhui Kuang8 Horizontal Gene Transfer and the role of Restriction-Modification Systems in bacterial population dynamicsGeorge Vernikos, Duccio Medini9 Quartet partitioning reveals hybrid origins of the VertebrateMichael Syvanen, Bryan Ericksen, Simone Linz, Jonathan Ducore10 Evidence for ancient horizontal gene acquisitions in bdelloid rotifers of the genus AdinetaBoris Hespeels, Jean-François Flot, Alessandro Derzelle and Karine Van Doninck Part II: Phylogeography, Speciation and Coevolution11 Evolutionary history of maternal plant-manipulation and larval feeding behaviours in Attelabidae (Coleoptera; Curculionoidea) and evolution of plant-basal weevil interaction.Chisato Kobayashi, Yudai Okuyama, Kazuhide Kawazoe, Masakado Kawata, and Makoto Kato12 Microevolution of Insect-Bacterial Mutualists: A Population Genomics PerspectiveAmanda M. V. Brown13 Why did terrestrial insect diversity not increase during the angiosperm radiation?Conrad Labandeira14 The Evolution and Pollination of Oceanic Bellflowers (Campanulaceae)Marisa Alarcón, Juan José Aldasoro, Cristina Roquet, Jens M. Olesen15 In search of phylogeographic patterns in the northeastern Atlantic and adjacent seas Sara M. Francisco, Joana I. Robalo, André Levy and Vítor C. Almada16 The Evolutionary Space model to be used for the metagenomic analysis of molecular and adaptive evolution in the bacterial communitiesPershina EV, Dolnik AS, Tamazyan GS, Vyatkina KV, Porozov YB, Pinaev AG, Karimov SO, Provorov NA, Andronov EE17 Topopatric Speciation: from simulations to theoryDavid M. Schneider Part III: Exobiology and Origin of Life18 A trip through chemical space: why life has evolved the chemistry that it hasWilliam Bains.