Biodiversity and Evolution will be divided into two parts. The first part will include chapters devoted to the evolution and biodiversity of organisms, based on the study of natural collections of Museum of Natural History. The second part will include chapters dedicated to evolution and biodiversity at the molecular level. The book will start with an epistemological and historical introduction. It will end with a critical overview of the notion of Anthropocene epoch. Two distinctive parts: one based on the study of natural collections of Museum of Natural History, the other on the molecular levelIncludes an historical introductionProvides a critical overview INDICE: 1. From Richard Owen to Charles Darwin : The origin of Biodiversity 2. Biodiversity from Collection from Natural History Museum: at the source of Evolutionary studies 3. Evolution and diversification of Conoidea 4. Evolution of Morpho butterflies 5. Biodiversity and evolutionary history of moles in Western Europe: contribution of molecular, morphological and ecological niche modelling data 6. Infectious diseases: Effects of globalization: evolutionary consequences and selection pressures 7. Which model (s) to explain diversity (genetic)? 8. Telomeres and telomerase: a structural diversity for the same roleJean Lehmann 9. Degeneracy of the genetic code and frequency of amino acids 10. The contemporary study of microbiomes: practices between scientific exploration and paths of dependencies 11. The Anthropocene epoch and the biodiversity
- ISBN: 978-1-78548-277-9
- Editorial: ISTE Press - Elsevier
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 200
- Fecha Publicación: 01/03/2018
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés