The origins of genome architecture /

Lynch, Michael, 1951-

The origins of genome architecture / Michael Lynch. - Sunderland, Mass. : Sinauer Associates, c2007. - xvi, 494 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [401]-470) and indexes.

The origin of eukaryotes -- Genome size and organismal complexity -- The human genome -- Why population size matters -- Three keys to chromosomal integrity -- The nucleotide composition landscape -- Mobile genetic elements -- Genomic expansion by gene duplication -- Genes in pieces -- Transcript production -- Expansion and contraction of organelle genomes -- Sex chromosomes -- Genomfart.

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Bioinformatics.


Evolutionary genetics.
Genomes.
Molecular evolution.
Population genetics.
Genome -- genetics.
Eukaryotic Cells.
Evolution, Molecular.

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