Evolutionary Cell Biology

NOTE EDITORE

The fields of molecular evolution, genome evolution, and evolutionary genetics are now well-established. Remarkably, however, although all evolutionary modifications begin at the cellular level, and despite the advances made in cell biology and microbiology over the past few decades, there is as yet no recognised discipline of evolutionary cell biology. The goal of this book is to help establish the foundations for this emerging field. Its principal aims are twofold: firstly, to promote an understanding among evolutionary biologists as to why the cellular details matter if we are to understand the mechanisms of evolution; secondly, to make clear to non-evolutionary biologists - cell biologists in particular - that evolution is not just a matter of natural selection and optimization, but a process whose reach depends on other population genetic features such as mutation, recombination, and random genetic drift. Although there are many excellent books on cell biology, microbiology, and biophysics, almost no attention is given to evolution. Likewise, although there are numerous evolutionary biology books on the market, none of them gives more than passing attention to details at the cellular level. Thus Evolutionary Cell Biology is genuinely novel, offering a broader understanding of evolutionary processes and an appreciation for the many interesting problems that remain to be solved at the cellular and subcellular levels. This advanced textbook is aimed at both cell biologists and evolutionary biologists. It will be accessible to upper-level undergraduates in biology, and certainly to graduate students in all areas of the life sciences. Professionals from a wide range of fields - cell biology, microbiology, evolution, biophysics, biochemistry, and mathematics - will be exposed to entirely new ideas not traditionally covered in their primary fields of expertise.

SOMMARIO

1 - Evolutionary Cell Biology2 - The Origin of Cells3 - The Major Lines of Descent4 - The Population-genetic Environment5 - Evolution as a Population-genetic Process6 - Evolution of Cellular Complexity7 - The Cellular Environment8 - Evolutionary Scaling Laws in Cell Biology9 - Cell Growth and Division10 - The Cell Life Cycle11 - Cellular Senescence12 - The Protein World13 - Multimerization14 - Protein Management15 - Lipids and Membranes16 - Cytoskeleton, Cell Shape, and Motility17 - The Costs of Cellular Features18 - Resource Acquisition and Homeostasis19 - Enzymes and Metabolic Pathways20 - Intracellular Errors21 - Intracellular Communication: Transcription22 - Environmental Sensing and Extracellular Communication23 - Endosymbiosis24 - Origins of Organismal Complexity

AUTORE

Mike Lynch is Professor and Director of The Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, USA. He was made a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1998), a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2002), and a Member of the US National Academy of Sciences (2009).

ALTRE INFORMAZIONI

• Condizione: Nuovo
• ISBN: 9780192847287
• Dimensioni: 254 x 37.0 x 198 mm Ø 1714 gr
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pagine Arabe: 704