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Origin and Evolution of Biodiversity

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Editors:
  1. Pierre Pontarotti

    1. Aix-Marseille Université IRD, APHM, Microbe, Evolution, Phylogénie, Infection, IHU Méditerranée Infection, Marseille, France

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  • Presents peer-reviewed contributions
  • Offers an up-to-date overview of recent findings in the field of evolutionary biology
  • Richly illustrated throughout

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Table of contents (19 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  4. Origin of Biodiversity

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 181-181
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    2. Feralisation—The Understudied Counterpoint to Domestication

      • R. Henriksen, E. Gering, D. Wright
      Pages 183-195

    3. Postglacial Colonization of Northern Europe by Reptiles

      • J. L. Horreo, P. S. Fitze
      Pages 197-214

    4. The Relative Roles of Selection and Drift in Phenotypic Variation: Some Like It Hot, Some Like It Wet

      • David S. Jacobs, Gregory L. Mutumi
      Pages 215-237

    5. Metagenomic Approaches Highlight the Organization and Dynamics of Plankton at the Species Level

      • Thomas Vannier
      Pages 239-273

  5. Origin of Life

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 275-275
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    2. Ion–Molecule Reactions as a Possible Synthetic Route for the Formation of Prebiotic Molecules in Space

      • Riccardo Spezia, Yannick Jeanvoine, Debora Scuderi
      Pages 277-292
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About this book

The book includes 19 selected contributions presented at the 21st Evolutionary Biology Meeting, which took place in Marseille in September 2017. The chapters are grouped into the following five categories:

·       Genome/Phenotype Evolution

·       Self/Nonself Evolution

·       Origin of Biodiversity

·       Origin of Life

·       Concepts

The annual Evolutionary Biology Meetings in Marseille serve to gather leading evolutionary biologists and other scientists using evolutionary biology concepts, e.g. for medical research. The aim of these meetings is to promote the exchange of ideas to encourage interdisciplinary collaborations. Offering an up-to-date overview of recent findings in the field of evolutionary biology, this book is in invaluable source of information for scientists, teachers and advanced students.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Aix-Marseille Université IRD, APHM, Microbe, Evolution, Phylogénie, Infection, IHU Méditerranée Infection, Marseille, France

    Pierre Pontarotti

About the editor

Pierre Pontarotti

Laboratoire Evolution Biologique et Modélisation, CNRS

Université Aix Marseille

Marseille, France

pierre.pontarotti@univ-amu.fr

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