Hirt / Horner Organelles, Genomes and Eukaryote Phylogeny

An Evolutionary Synthesis in the Age of Genomics
1. Auflage 2004
ISBN: 978-1-134-42479-5
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 400 Seiten

Reihe: Systematics Association Special Volumes

The recent revolution in molecular biology has spread through every field of biology including systematics and evolution. Researchers can now analyze the genomes of different species relatively quickly, and this is generating a great deal of data and theories about relationships between taxa as well as how they originated and diversified. Organelles, Genomes and Eukaryote Phylogeny covers recent developments in the field of “deep level” phylogenetic inference of eukaryotes, especially with respect to the origin and evolution of eukaryotic cells and their organelles. It focuses on interpretation of data derived from molecular and cell biology, genome sequencing with respect to the timing and mechanism of eukaryogenesis, and the endosymbiotic events leading to mitochondria and plastids. As ideas that prevailed for twenty years are being revised, updated, or abandoned in the face of more sophisticated analysis of molecular sequence data, this book will prove relevant to all students and professionals working in molecular systematics, comparative genomics, and cell biology.

Zielgruppe

Students and researchers in cell biology, molecular biology, genetics, systematic biology and evolutionary biology

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hirt, Robert P

Horner, David S.

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

An Overview on Eukaryote Origins and Evolution: The Beauty of the Cell and the Fabulous Gene Phylogenies; David S. Horner, Robert P. Hirt
Excavata and the Origin of Amitochondriate Eukaryotes; Alistair G.B. Simpson, Andrew J. Roger
The Evolutionary History of Plastids: A Molecular Phylogenetic  Perspective; John M. Archibald, Patrick J. Keeling
Chromalveolate Diversity and Cell Megaevolution: Interplay of Membranes, Genomes and Cytoskeleton; Tom Cavalier-Smith
Origin and Evolution of Animals, Fungi and their Unicellular Allies (Opisthokonta); Emma T. Steenkamp, Sandra L. Baldauf
Pitfalls in Tree Reconstruction and the Phylogeny of Eukaryotes; Simonetta Gribaldo, Hervé Philippe
The Importance of Evolutionary Biology to the Analysis of Genome Data; Deborah Charlesworth
Eukaryotic Phylogenyin the age of Genomics: Evolutionary Implications of Functional Differences; John W. Stiller
Genome Phylogenies; Robert L. Charlebois, Robert G. Beiko, Mark A. Ragan
Genomics of Microbial Parasites: The Microsporidial Paradigm; Guy Meternier, Christian P. Vivares
Evolutionary Contribution of Plastid genes to Plant Nuclear Genomes and its Effects on the Composition of the Proteomes of all Cellular Compartments; Dario Leister, Anja Schneider
Protein Translocation Machinery in Chloroplasts and Mitochondria: Structure, Function and Evolution; Hrvoje Fulgosi, Jürgen Soll, Masami Inaba-Sulpice
Mitosomes, Hydrogenosomes and Mitochondria; Variations on a Theme?; Mark van der Giezen, Jorge Tovar
Eukaryotic Cell Evolution from a Comparative Genomic Perspective: The Endomembrane System; Joel B. Dacks, Mark C. Field
The Membranome and Membrane Heredity in Development and Evolution; Tom Cavalier-Smith
Epigenetic Inheritance and Evolutionary Adaptation; Csaba Pál, Laurence D. Hurst