- The Evolution of the Genome
"The Evolution of the Genome" is a book edited by Dr. T. Ryan Gregory of the
University of Guelph , in Guelph,Ontario ,Canada , covering a wide range of topics in the study ofgenome evolution . The book includes chapters by 16 authors and deals with the topics ofgenome size evolution , genomic parasites (transposable elements andB chromosomes ),polyploidy ,gene duplication ,ancient genome duplication ,comparative genomics , andmacroevolution . It was released in December 2004 byElsevier , ISBN 0-12-301463-8.Chapters and authors
Part I: The C-value enigma
*Chapter 1: Genome size evolution in animals:by T. Ryan Gregory
*Chapter 2: Genome size evolution in plants:by Michael D. Bennett and Ilia J. Leitch
Part II: The evolution of genomic parasites
*Chapter 3: Transposable elements:by Margaret G. Kidwell
*Chapter 4: B chromosomes:by Juan Pedro M. Camacho
Part III: Duplications, duplications...
*Chapter 5: Small-scale gene duplications:by John S. Taylor and Jeroen Raes
*Chapter 6: Large-scale gene and ancient genome duplications:by Yves Van de Peer and Axel Meyer
Part IV: ...and more duplications
*Chapter 7: Polyploidy in plants:by Jennifer Tate, Douglas E. Soltis, and Pamela S. Soltis
*Chapter 8: Polyploidy in animals:by T. Ryan Gregory and Barbara K. Mable
Part V: Sequence and structure
*Chapter 9: Comparative genomics in eukaryotes:by Alan Filipski and Sudhir Kumar
*Chapter 10: Comparative genomics in prokaryotes:by T. Ryan Gregory and Rob DeSalle
Part VI: The genome in evolution
*Chapter 11: Macroevolution and the genome:by T. Ryan Gregory
Trivia
* The cover contains numerous images of
animal s,plants , and otherorganisms , most of which apparently have personal meaning for Dr. Gregory, including one image on the back cover that is reported to be a modified image of his ownred blood cells .
* The timeline of production discussed in the preface indicates that Dr. Gregory began work on this book while still agraduate student .
* As described in the preface, the book was originally to be published byAcademic Press , but part way through production the company was purchased byElsevier . The former Academic Press editor in charge of the project left the company while the book was being produced.External links
* [http://www.genomesize.com/rgregory/book Author's book page]
* [http://www.genomesize.com/gregorylab/ The Gregory Lab] at the [http://www.uoguelph.ca/ University of Guelph]
* [http://www.genomesize.com Animal Genome Size Database]
* [http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/cval/homepage.html Plant DNA C-values Database]
* [http://www.zbi.ee/fungal-genomesize/index.php Fungal Genome Size Database]
* [http://www.genomesonline.org/ Genomes OnLine Database (GOLD)]
* [http://www.tigr.org/tigr-scripts/CMR2/CMRHomePage.spl TIGR Comprehensive Microbial Resource]
* [http://www.genomenewsnetwork.org/ Genome News Network]
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