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Author Johnson, Norman A., 1966-

Title Darwinian detectives : revealing the natural history of genes and genomes / Norman A. Johnson
Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2007]
©2007

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Description xviii, 220 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents The baby with the baboon heart: why evolution still matters -- Why intelligent design is not science -- Negative selection and the neutral theory of molecular evolution -- Detecting positive selection -- Balancing selection and disease -- Finding our roots: did "Eve" know "Adam"? -- Who were the neanderthals? -- Are we the third chimpanzee? -- What are the genetic differences that made us human? -- Clicks, genes, and languages -- Who let the dogs in?: the domestication of animals and plants -- Size matters: toward understanding the natural history of genomes
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Evolutionary genetics.
Natural history.
Molecular genetics.
Selection (Genetics)
Evolution
Genetics.
Genomics.
Natural History.
LC no. 2006023079
ISBN 9780195306750 (cloth : alk. paper)
0195306759 (cloth : alk. paper)