Darwinian detectives revealing the natural history of genes and genomes

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Main Author: Johnson, Norman A. 1966-
Format: Book
Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 2007
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Table of Contents:
  • The baby with the baboon heart: why evolution still matters
  • Why intelligent design is not science
  • Negative selection and the neutral theory of molecular evolution
  • Detecting positive selection
  • Balancing selection and disease
  • Finding our roots: did "Eve" know "Adam"?
  • Who were the neanderthals?
  • Are we the third chimpanzee?
  • What are the genetic differences that made us human?
  • Clicks, genes, and languages
  • Who let the dogs in? the domestication of animals and plants
  • Size matters: toward understanding the natural history of genomes