The Origins of Genome Architecture

by Michael Lynch

With official genomic blueprints now available for hundreds of species, and thousands more expected in the near future, the field of biology has been forever transformed. Such readily accessible data have encouraged the proliferation of adaptive arguments for the evolution of gene and genomic features, often with little or no attention being given to simpler and more powerful alternative explanations. By integrating the central observations from molecular...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0878934847
• ISBN13: 9780878934843
• Release Date: March 2007
• Publisher: Sinauer Associates Is an Imprint of Oxford Un
• Length: 512 Pages
• Weight: 2.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 9.7" x 7.4"