Experimental Evolution and the Nature of Biodiversity - Brossura

Kassen, Rees

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ISBN 10: 1936221462 ISBN 13: 9781936221462

Casa editrice: W H Freeman & Co, 2014

Riassunto

"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"--

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Informazioni sull'autore

Rees Kassen is Professor and University Research Chair in Experimental Evolution at the University of Ottawa. He completed his PhD at McGill University and did postodoctoral work at the University of Oxford, UK. His research interests focus on understanding the origins and fate of biodiversity, using microbes as models. He is also actively involved in science policy, currently serving as co-chair of the Global Young Academy, an international academy of early-career researchers acting as the voice of young scientists around the world. He is also past chair of the Partnership Group for Science and Engineering, an association of 26 professional and scientific organizations acting on behalf of over 50,000 members from academia, industry, and government in Canada.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: W H Freeman & Co
• Data di pubblicazione: 2014
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1936221462
• ISBN 13: 9781936221462
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 277
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile