Lewin, Roger
Patterns in evolution : - New York : Scientific American Library, 1997 - vii, 246 p. : col. ill. ;
A new window onto nature -- Molecules versus morophology -- Trees of life -- The puzzle of genetic variation -- The molecular evolutionary clock -- Molecular ecology -- Molecular anthropology -- Ancient DNA
In Patterns in Evolution, noted science journalist Roger Lewin explores how genetic information is providing new insight into evolutionary events: scientists are now able to study evolutionary change at the molecular level and reconstruct evolutionary lineages based on changes in DNA. With this new ability, they are overthrowing established ideas about which organisms are closely related and solving puzzles that had previously seemed beyond their reach. Lewin looks at how these new techniques are being used to explore a wide range of issues, from those regarding the deepest past to those concerned with the most recent present - from characterizing the universal ancestor of all life to tracking the trail of infection of the AIDS virus. The techniques have proved especially useful to anthropologists in their attempts to unravel the origins, both ancient and modern, of the human species
0716750694 9780716750697
Molecular evolution
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Patterns in evolution : - New York : Scientific American Library, 1997 - vii, 246 p. : col. ill. ;
A new window onto nature -- Molecules versus morophology -- Trees of life -- The puzzle of genetic variation -- The molecular evolutionary clock -- Molecular ecology -- Molecular anthropology -- Ancient DNA
In Patterns in Evolution, noted science journalist Roger Lewin explores how genetic information is providing new insight into evolutionary events: scientists are now able to study evolutionary change at the molecular level and reconstruct evolutionary lineages based on changes in DNA. With this new ability, they are overthrowing established ideas about which organisms are closely related and solving puzzles that had previously seemed beyond their reach. Lewin looks at how these new techniques are being used to explore a wide range of issues, from those regarding the deepest past to those concerned with the most recent present - from characterizing the universal ancestor of all life to tracking the trail of infection of the AIDS virus. The techniques have proved especially useful to anthropologists in their attempts to unravel the origins, both ancient and modern, of the human species
0716750694 9780716750697
Molecular evolution
575