TY - BOOK AU - ED - SpringerLink (Online service) TI - Comparative Genomics T2 - SpringerBriefs in Genetics, SN - 9783642371462 AV - QH359-425 U1 - 576.8 23 PY - 2013/// CY - Berlin, Heidelberg PB - Springer Berlin Heidelberg, Imprint: Springer KW - Life sciences KW - Molecular ecology KW - Evolution (Biology) KW - Microbial genetics KW - Animal genetics KW - Life Sciences KW - Evolutionary Biology KW - Molecular Ecology KW - Mathematical and Computational Biology KW - Microbial Genetics and Genomics KW - Animal Genetics and Genomics N1 - Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1.What is Comparative Genomics? -- Chapter 2.Comparative Genomics and the Comparative Methods -- Chapter 3.Comparative Viral Genomics: Detecting Recombination -- Index N2 - This book provides an evolutionary conceptual framework for comparative genomics, with the ultimate objective of understanding the loss and gain of genes during evolution, the interactions among gene products, and the relationship between genotype, phenotype and the environment. The many examples in the book have been carefully chosen from primary research literature based on two criteria: their biological insight and their pedagogical merit. The phylogeny-based comparative methods, involving both continuous and discrete variables, often represent a stumbling block for many students entering the field of comparative genomics. They are numerically illustrated and explained in great detail. The book is intended for researchers new to the field, i.e., advanced undergraduate students, postgraduates and postdoctoral fellows, although professional researchers who are not in the area of comparative genomics will also find the book informative UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-37146-2 ER -