Experimental evolution and the nature of biodiversity / Rees Kassen, Department of Biology, University of Ottawa.

Author/creator Kassen, Rees author.
Format Book
PublicationGreenwood Village, Colorado : Roberts and Company, [2014]
Copyright Date©2014
Descriptionx, 277 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Subjects
Biodiversity.
Evolution.
Biology, Experimental.

Contents Experimental evolution: an introduction -- Adaptation to a single environment -- Divergent selection -- Selection in variable environments -- Genomics of adaptation -- Phenotypic disparity -- The rate and extent of diversification -- Adaptive radiation -- Genetics and genomics of diversification -- The nature of biodiversity.
Abstract "Why and how did life become so diverse? This has been a central problem in biology. Experimen-tal Evolution and the Nature of Biodiversity explores how diversity evolves in microbial popula-tions that occupy some of the simplest environments imaginable, laboratory test tubes. Microbial evolution experiments allow researchers to watch the evolutionary process unfold in real time while tracking diversification in both phenotype and genotype along the way. When combined with new insights coming from next-generation sequencing, these experiments can tell us much more about the sorts of problems and questions related to adaptation and diversity"-- Provided by publisher.
Abstract "Why and how did life become so diverse? This has been a central problem in biology. Experimental Evolution and the Nature of Biodiversity explores how diversity evolves in microbial populations that occupy some of the simplest environments imaginable--laboratory test tubes"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 249-269) and index.
LCCN 2014009628
ISBN9781936221462 (paperback)
ISBN1936221462 (paperback)

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Joyner General Stacks QH541.15 .B56 K37 2014 ✔ Available Place Hold