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Reticulate Evolution and Humans - Origins and Ecology (Hardcover, New): Michael L. Arnold Reticulate Evolution and Humans - Origins and Ecology (Hardcover, New)
Michael L. Arnold
R3,964 Discovery Miles 39 640 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Reticulate Evolution and Humans is the first book to describe the effect of genetic exchange on the origin and evolution of our own species as well as those species with which we have and continue to interact closely, both evolutionarily and culturally. After demonstrating how genetic exchange has affected H. Sapiens, the book goes on to describe how the same processes have structured the evolution of organisms on which the human species depends for shelter, sustenance and companionship. It also considers the "dark-side" of gene transfer as it pertains to the evolution and adaptation of human disease vectors and diseases.
The development of the central thesis of this book - that reticulate evolution via introgressive hybridization and lateral gene transfer has been a pervasive factor in the evolution and cultural development of H. sapiens, its ancestors, sister taxa and associated organisms - reveals the extent of these processes across the widest of taxonomic, temporal and spatial bounds. We cannot escape the conclusion that we are constantly fed, entertained, sheltered, attacked and killed by organisms that possess mosaic genomes reflective of widespread genetic exchange during evolutionary diversification.

Evolution through Genetic Exchange (Paperback): Michael L. Arnold Evolution through Genetic Exchange (Paperback)
Michael L. Arnold
R2,345 Discovery Miles 23 450 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Even before the publication of Darwin's Origin of Species, the perception of evolutionary change has been a tree-like pattern of diversification - with divergent branches spreading further and further from the trunk. In the only illustration of Darwin's treatise, branches large and small never reconnect. However, it is now evident that this view does not adequately encompass the richness of evolutionary pattern and process. Instead, the evolution of species from microbes to mammals builds like a web that crosses and re-crosses through genetic exchange, even as it grows outward from a point of origin. Some of the avenues for genetic exchange, for example introgression through sexual recombination versus lateral gene transfer mediated by transposable elements, are based on definably different molecular mechanisms. However, even such widely different genetic processes may result in similar effects on adaptations (either new or transferred), genome evolution, population genetics, and the evolutionary/ecological trajectory of organisms. For example, the evolution of novel adaptations (resulting from lateral gene transfer) leading to the flea-borne, deadly, causative agent of plague from a rarely-fatal, orally-transmitted, bacterial species is quite similar to the adaptations accrued from natural hybridization between annual sunflower species resulting in the formation of several new species. Thus, more and more data indicate that evolution has resulted in lineages consisting of mosaics of genes derived from different ancestors. It is therefore becoming increasingly clear that the tree is an inadequate metaphor of evolutionary change. In this book, Arnold promotes the 'web-of-life' metaphoras a more appropriate representation of evolutionary change in all lifeforms.

Natural Hybridization and Evolution (Paperback): Michael L. Arnold Natural Hybridization and Evolution (Paperback)
Michael L. Arnold
R4,311 Discovery Miles 43 110 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Natural Hybridation and Evolution includes data from numerous sources that support the paradigm of natural hybridization as an important evolutionary process. The review of these data results in a challenge of the dogma that is the explicit or implicit framework used by a large proportion of evolutionary biologists - that the process of natural hybridization is maladaptive and it is because it represents a violation of divergent evolution. In contrast, this book presents evidence of a significant role for natural hybridization in furthering adaptive evolution and evolutionary diversification in both plants and animals.

Divergence with Genetic Exchange (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition): Michael L. Arnold Divergence with Genetic Exchange (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)
Michael L. Arnold
R1,427 Discovery Miles 14 270 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The study of genetic exchange resulting from natural hybridization, horizontal gene transfer, and viral recombination has long been marked by controversy between researchers holding different conceptual frameworks. Those subscribing to a doctrine of 'species purity' have traditionally been reluctant to recognise inferences suggesting anything other than a marginal role for non-allopatric divergence leading to gene transfer between different lineages. However, an increasing number of evolutionary biologists now accept that there is a growing body of evidence indicating the existence of non-allopatric diversification across many lineages and all domains of biological diversity. Divergence with Genetic Exchange investigates the mechanisms associated with evolutionary divergence and diversification, focussing on the role played by the exchange of genes between divergent lineages, a process recently termed 'divergence-with-gene-flow'. Although the mechanisms by which such divergent forms of life exchange genomic material may differ widely, the outcomes of interest - adaptive evolution and the formation of new hybrid lineages - do not. Successive chapters cover the history of the field, detection methodologies, outcomes, implications for conservation programs, and the effects on the human lineage associated with the process of genetic transfer between divergent lineages. This research level text is suitable for senior undergraduate and graduate level students taking related courses in departments of genetics, ecology and evolution. It will also be of relevance and use to professional evolutionary biologists and systematists seeking a comprehensive and authoritative overview of this rapidly expanding field.

A Time Before Time (Paperback): Michael L. Arnold A Time Before Time (Paperback)
Michael L. Arnold; Mark A Arnold
R598 Discovery Miles 5 980 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Inevitable (Paperback): Michael L. Arnold The Inevitable (Paperback)
Michael L. Arnold; Edited by Michael L. Arnold; Mark A Arnold
R516 Discovery Miles 5 160 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In this novel that is full of action and adventure, you will uncover the true identity of the anti-christ and expose the intent of the mark of the beast. You see the world change from it's present state to the end of time as we know it, to a future that does not yet exist. You will follow Ben and Saul as they search for Israel's most coveted treasure, The Ark of the Covenant. By far, one of the greatest treasures that have ever been on the earth, this one is the most powerful. It's a tremendous journey that takes you around the world, along with a caravan looking for the gateway to hell but instead finds the stairway to heaven. Everywhere the two men adventure, they find resistance that leads to homicide, as the world has never been too friendly to the Jew. As you dive deeper into the book, you can see the secrets of other worlds uncovered. You will witness a one world government and a leader followed by a high technology called "Project Blue Beam" that has never been seen or heard of before. This technology causes society to be tricked into believing many lies. This all leads to a nuclear holocaust and world-wide food shortages raising the price as high as a days wage causing most to turn to a life of crime. Cannibalism is quite a common occurrence in the streets of the cities and the children are being used as bait.

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