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The origins of genome architecture
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The origins of genome architecture

Author: Michael Lynch
Publisher: Sunderland, Mass. : Sinauer Associates, 2007.
Edition/Format:   Book : English
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The availability of genomic blueprints for hundreds of species has led to a transformation in biology, encouraging the proliferation of adaptive arguments for the evolution of genomic features. This  Read more...

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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Michael Lynch
ISBN: 9780878934843 0878934847
OCLC Number: 255495480
Notes: Formerly CIP.
The origin of eukaryotes -- Genome size and organismal complexity -- The human genome -- Why population size matters -- Three keys to chromosomal integrity -- The nucleotide composition landscape -- Mobile genetic elements -- Genomic expansion by gene duplication -- Genes in pieces -- Transcript production -- Expansion and contraction of organelle genomes -- Sex chromosomes -- Genomfart.
Description: XVI, 494 S. : graph. Darst. ; 25 cm.
Contents: The origin of eukaryotes --
Genome size and organismal complexity --
The human genome --
Why population size matters --
Three keys to chromosomal integrity --
The nucleotide-composition landscape --
Mobile genetic elements --
Genomic expansion by gene duplication --
Genes in pieces --
Transcription and regulatory-region complexity --
Expansion and contraction of organelle genomes --
Sex chromosome evolution --
Genomfart.
Responsibility: Michael Lynch.
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