Published October, 2013
By B. Weir
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Series: Contemporary Issues in Genetics and Evolution
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The ongoing debate on the use of DNA profiles to identify perpetrators in criminal investigations or fathers in paternity disputes has too often been conducted with no regard to sound statistical, genetic or legal reasoning.

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Published November, 2012
By James Thompson, Ronny C. Woodruff, James N. Thompson, Jr. and Ronny Woodruff
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Series: Contemporary Issues in Genetics and Evolution
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From topics like gonadal mosaicism and mutation clusters to adaptive mutagenesis, mutation in cell organelles, and the level and distribution of DNA molecular changes, the foundation is set for continuing the debate about the role of mutation, fitness, and adaptability.

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Published October, 2012
By W.J. Etges and M.A. Noor
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Series: Contemporary Issues in Genetics and Evolution
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Genetic studies aimed at understanding the origin of species are dominating major scientific journals. This collection of papers discusses burgeoning genetic, evolutionary, and ecological approaches to understanding the origins of mating discrimination and causes of premating reproductive isolation both within and between species.

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Published October, 2012
By Pierre Capy
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Series: Contemporary Issues in Genetics and Evolution
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During the last 50 years, the perception oftransposable elements (TEs) has changed considerably from selfish DNA to sequences that may contribute significantly to genome function and evolution. (iii) TEs can influence the regulation of other TEs by insertion or deletion;

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Published October, 2012
By T.A. Markow
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Proceedings of the International Conference on Developmental Instability: Its Origins and Evolutionary Implications, Tempe, Arizona, U.S.A., 14--15 June 1993

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Published October, 2012
By Pierre Capy, Patricia Gibert and Ian Boussy
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Series: Contemporary Issues in Genetics and Evolution
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Published October, 2012
By Andrew P. Hendry and Michael T. Kinnison
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Series: Contemporary Issues in Genetics and Evolution
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From guppies to Galapagos finches and from adaptive landscapes to haldanes, this compilation of contributed works provides reviews, perspectives, theoretical models, statistical developments, and empirical demonstrations exploring the tempo and mode of microevolution on contemporary to geological time scales.

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Published September, 2012
By J. F. McDonald
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Series: Contemporary Issues in Genetics and Evolution
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In the summer of 1992 a distinguished group of molecular, population and evolutionary geneticists assembled on the campus of the University of Georgia in Athens, USA to discuss the relevance of their research to the role played by transposable elements (TEs) in evolution.

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Published September, 2012
By Manyuan Long
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In the second phase of new gene evolution, conventional models of new gene evolution, and systematical experimental pursuit of the origin and evolution of new gene functions did not appear for example by gene duplication, held that the muta until the early years of last decade.

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Published December, 2010
By Michael R. Rose, Caleb E. Finch and Caleb Finch
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Aging is one of those subjects that many biologists feel is largely unknown. It marks something of a return to the type of aging theories that predominated in the 1950's and 1960's, theories like the somatic mutation and error catastrophe theories.

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