Darwinian theory, with genes at its center, still frames our
discussion of evolution. Yet now the picture within the frame-a
portrait rendered in detail at the cellular and molecular
level-contains the real stuff of today's big questions about living
organisms. Genetics and molecular biology have revealed a new realm
of complexity in life, with major implications for how we
understand evolution.
Genetics and the Logic of Evolution provides a much-needed
overview and analysis of general principles and patterns of
evolution in light of contemporary biology. Taking a functional
approach to explain how genes are used across the diverse range of
species, the authors consider:
- Basic concepts and principles of biological complexity
- Alternative and supplemental principles to Darwinian
theory
- Building blocks of life: how DNA, RNA, and genes work in
single-cell and multi-cellular organisms
- Communication within an organism
- Detection and perception of the environment
- Evolutionary order and disorder and the sometimes fluid
relationships between phenotypes and genotypes
Working outwards from the molecular level, Genetics and the
Logic of Evolution moves its discourse towards a broader sense of
life and how organisms live it. Written to be both scientifically
rigorous and accessible to the layman, this treatment offers
students and practitioners a refreshingly grand tour of the most
important generalizations to emerge from recent biological
research.
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