Biodiversity and Evolution includes chapters devoted to the evolution and biodiversity of organisms at the molecular level, based on the study of natural collections from the Museum of Natural History. The book starts with an epistemological and historical introduction and ends with a critical overview of the Anthropocene epoch.
1. Introduction - p. xi 2. 1: From Richard Owen to Charles Darwin: Understanding the Origin of Life’s Diversity - p. 1 3. 2: Life Engineering in an Evolutionary World - p. 15 4. 3: The View of Systematics on Biodiversity - p. 29 5. 4: Which Model(s) Explain Biodiversity? - p. 39 6. 5: Analysis of Microbial Diversity: Regarding the (Paradoxical) Difficulty of Seeing Big in Metagenomics - p. 63 7. 6: Genetic Code Degeneracy and Amino Acid Frequency in Proteomes - p. 89 8. 7: Telomeres and Telomerases: Structural Diversity for the Same Role - p. 109 9. 8: Globalization and Infectious Diseases - p. 123 10. 9: Why are Morpho Blue? - p. 139 11. 10: Biodiversity in Natural History Collections: a Source of Data for the Study of Evolution - p. 175 12. 11: Mice and Men: an Evolutionary History of Lassa Fever - p. 189 13. 12: Evolutionary History of Moles in Western Europe: One Mole May Hide Another! - p. 213 14. 13: The Conoidea and Their Toxins: Evolution of a Hyper-Diversified Group - p. 227 15. 14: The Anthropocene: a Geological or Societal Subject? - p. 251 16. List of Authors - p. 265 17. Index - p. 269
Biodiversity and Evolution includes chapters devoted to the evolution and biodiversity of organisms at the molecular level, based on the study of natural collections from the Museum of Natural History. The book starts with an epistemological and historical introduction and ends with a critical overview of the Anthropocene epoch.
1. Introduction - p. xi 2. 1: From Richard Owen to Charles Darwin: Understanding the Origin of Life’s Diversity - p. 1 3. 2: Life Engineering in an Evolutionary World - p. 15 4. 3: The View of Systematics on Biodiversity - p. 29 5. 4: Which Model(s) Explain Biodiversity? - p. 39 6. 5: Analysis of Microbial Diversity: Regarding the (Paradoxical) Difficulty of Seeing Big in Metagenomics - p. 63 7. 6: Genetic Code Degeneracy and Amino Acid Frequency in Proteomes - p. 89 8. 7: Telomeres and Telomerases: Structural Diversity for the Same Role - p. 109 9. 8: Globalization and Infectious Diseases - p. 123 10. 9: Why are Morpho Blue? - p. 139 11. 10: Biodiversity in Natural History Collections: a Source of Data for the Study of Evolution - p. 175 12. 11: Mice and Men: an Evolutionary History of Lassa Fever - p. 189 13. 12: Evolutionary History of Moles in Western Europe: One Mole May Hide Another! - p. 213 14. 13: The Conoidea and Their Toxins: Evolution of a Hyper-Diversified Group - p. 227 15. 14: The Anthropocene: a Geological or Societal Subject? - p. 251 16. List of Authors - p. 265 17. Index - p. 269
