Evolution: The Molecular Landscape

Click to Enlarge				Evolution: The Molecular Landscape Book Series: Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology Subject Area(s): Molecular Biology Edited by Bruce Stillman, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory; David Stewart, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory; Jan Witkowski, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory New! Symposia Online First—order this online version of the Symposia volume and receive online access in advance of the book's publication, as well as receiving the hardcopy. Books will be shipped when printed (scheduled for May, 2010). Online access includes the current volume and previous six years online. Online access for this volume ends May, 2011. Access detail will be sent to the email address provided within the "shipping information" part of the checkout form. Please be aware that access can take up to 2 business days from receipt of order. For assistance, please email Customer Service. View sample pages from the book here

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Description Contents Description This volume is based on presentations by the world-renowned investigators who gathered at the 74th annual Cold Spring Harbor Symposium on Quantitative Biology to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the publication of Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species. It reviews the latest advances in research into evolution, focusing on the molecular bases for evolutionary change. The topics covered include the appearance of the first genetic material, the origins of cellular life, evolution and development, selection and adaptation, and genome evolution. Human origins, cognition, and cultural evolution are also covered, along with social interactions. The line-up of speakers comprised a stellar list of preeminent scientists and thinkers such as the zoologist and prolific author E. O. Wilson (Harvard University); Jack W. Szostak (Harvard Medical School), a 2009 Nobel Prize winner who studies the chemistry of life's origins; and Nobel Prize winner and former president of HHMI Thomas Cech (Colorado Institute for Molecular Biotechnology), to name just a few. A complete summary of the meeting can be found here. Contents Symposium Participants Foreword Introduction Darwin the Scientist J. Browne On the Future of Biology E.O. Wilson RNA and Proteins Evolution of Biological Catalysis: Ribozyme to RNP Enzyme T.R. Cech Evolution in an RNA World G.F. Joyce The Ribosome: Some Hard Facts about Its Structure and Hot Air about Its Evolution V. Ramakrishnan Step-by-Step Evolution of Vertebrate Blood Coagulation R.F. Doolittle How Proteins Adapt: Lessons from Directed Evolution F.H. Arnold Cellular Evolution Reconstructing the Emergence of Cellular Life through the Synthesis of Model Protocells S.S. Mansy and J.W. Szostak Dynamic Chromosome Organization and Protein Localization Coordinate the Regulatory Circuitry that Drives the Bacterial Cell Cycle E.D. Goley, E. Toro, H.H. McAdams, and L. Shapiro An Integrated View of Precambrian Eumetazoan Evolution E.H. Davidson and D.H. Erwin The Dawn of Developmental Signaling in the Metazoa G.S. Richards and B.M. Degnan Mutation Evolving Views of DNA Replication (In)Fidelity T.A. Kunkel Protein Folding Sculpting Evolutionary Change S. Lindquist Predicting Virus Evolution: The Relationship between Genetic Robustness and Evolvability of Thermotolerance C.B. Ogbunugafor, R.C. McBride, and P.E. Turner Genome-wide Mutational Diversity in an Evolving Population of Escherichia coli J.E. Barrick and R.E. Lenski Selection, Gene Interaction, and Flexible Gene Networks R.J. Greenspan Selection and Adaptation The Oligogenic View of Adaptation G. Bell Genetic Dissection of Complex Traits in Yeast: Insights from Studies of Gene Expression and Other Phenotypes in the BYxRM Cross I.M. Ehrenreich, J.P. Gerke, and L. Kruglyak Measuring Natural Selection on Genotypes and Phenotypes in the Wild C.R. Linnen and H.E. Hoekstra Exploring the Molecular Landscape of Host–Parasite Coevolution D.E. Allen and T.J. Little Genetic Recombination and Molecular Evolution B. Charlesworth, A.J. Betancourt, V.B. Kaiser, and I. Gordo Why Sex and Recombination? N.H. Barton Diversity Eradicating Typological Thinking in Prokaryotic Systematics and Evolution W.F. Doolittle The Phylogenetic Forest and the Quest for the Elusive Tree of Life E.V. Koonin, Y.I. Wolf, and P. Puigbò On the Origins of Species: Does Evolution Repeat Itself in Polyploid Populations of Independent Origin? D.E. Soltis, R.J.A. Buggs, W.B. Barbazuk, P.S. Schnable, and P.S. Soltis Evolution of Systems Molecular Evolution of piRNA and Transposon Control Pathways in Drosophila C.D. Malone and G.J. Hannon Drosophila Brain Development: Closing the Gap between a Macroarchitectural and Microarchitectural Approach A. Cardona, S. Saalfeld, P. Tomancak, and V. Hartenstein A General Basis for Cognition in the Evolution of Synapse Signaling Complexes S.G.N. Grant Evolution of Development Evolution in Reverse Gear: The Molecular Basis of Loss and Reversal Q.C.B. Cronk Darwin’s “Abominable Mystery”: The Role of RNA Interference in the Evolution of Flowering Plants A. Cibrián-Jaramillo and R.A. Martienssen Evolution of Insect Dorsoventral Patterning Mechanisms M.W. Perry, J.D. Cande, A.N. Boettiger, and M. Levine Lophotrochozoa Get into the Game: The Nodal Pathway and Left/Right Asymmetry in Bilateria C. Grande and N.H. Patel On the Origins of Novelty and Diversity in Development and Evolution: A Case Study on Beetle Horns A.P. Moczek Genetic Regulation of Mammalian Diversity R.R. Behringer, J.J. Rasweiler IV, C.-H. Chen, and C.J. Cretekos Domestication Genomics, Domestication, and Evolution of Forest Trees R. Sederoff, A. Myburg, and M. Kirst Studying Phenotypic Evolution in Domestic Animals: A Walk in the Footsteps of Charles Darwin L. Andersson Fine Mapping a Locus Controlling Leg Morphology in the Domestic Dog P. Quignon, J.J. Schoenebeck, K. Chase, H.G. Parker, D.S. Mosher, G.S. Johnson, K.G. Lark, and E.A. Ostrander Human Evolution Human Origins and Evolution: Cold Spring Harbor, Déjà Vu T.D. White Reconstructing the Evolution of Vertebrate Sex Chromosomes D.W. Bellott and D.C. Page The Evolution of Human Segmental Duplications and the Core Duplicon Hypothesis T. Marques-Bonet and E.E. Eichler snaR Genes: Recent Descendants of Alu Involved in the Evolution of Chorionic Gonadotropins A.M. Parrott and M.B. Mathews DUF1220 Domains, Cognitive Disease, and Human Brain Evolution L. Dumas and J.M. Sikela Mitochondria, Bioenergetics, and the Epigenome in Eukaryotic and Human Evolution D.C. Wallace Genetic Structure in African Populations: Implications for Human Demographic History C.A. Lambert and S.A. Tishkoff Social Interaction and Human Society A Defense of Sociobiology K.R. Foster Evo-Devo and the Evolution of Social Behavior: Brain Gene Expression Analyses in Social Insects A.L. Toth and G.E. Robinson Cooking and the Human Commitment to a High-quality Diet R.N. Carmody and R.W. Wrangham The Cultural Evolution of Words and Other Thinking Tools D.C. Dennett When Ideas Have Sex: The Role of Exchange in Cultural Evolution M.W. Ridley An Evolutionary Approach to Financial History N. Ferguson The Religious Essence of Intelligent Design B. Forrest Deconstructing Design: A Strategy for Defending Science K.R. Miller Summary B. Charlesworth Author Index Subject Index

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