New Uses for New Phylogenies
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Recent advances in molecular genetics make the sequencing of genes a straightforward exercise. Comparisons of sequenced genes from different individuals of a species, or from different species, allow the construction of family trees or evolutionary trees which reveal genetic relationships. This volume shows for the first time how those trees, or phylogenies, can be used to answer questions about population dynamics, epidemiology, development, biodiversity, conservation, and the evolution of genetic systems. The techniques for deciding what these new trees can tell us come together in a unified framework so that a common set of methods can be applied, whatever area of biology interests the researcher.Reviews
"This comprehensive volume describes how phylogenetic trees can be used to address questions about population dynamics, epidemiology, development, biodiversity, conservation, and the evolution of genetic systems, and will interest biologists working in these and related fields."--BIOSIS
"The integration of phylogenies into areas outside of pure systematics has been one of the most striking developments in evolutionary biology over the past decade or so. . .New Uses for New Phylogenies . . .present[s] an extremely wide range of ideas, methods, and applications. . .Furthermore, although it is not a stated purpose of the book, the 20 chapters together demonstrate the special qualities of molecular data for addressing certain problems." --American Zoologist
About the Author(s)
Edited by Paul H. Harvey, Reader in Biology, Department of Zoology, Oxford University , Andrew J. Leigh Brown, Reader at the Institute of Cell, Animal, and Population Biology and Convenor, Center for HIV Research, University of Edinburgh , John Maynard Smith, Professor at the School of Biological Sciences, University of Sussex , and Sean Nee, Department of Zoology, Oxford University
