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The mammalian molecular clock
- Title
- The mammalian molecular clock / Simon Easteal, Chris Collet, David Betty.
- Author
- Easteal, Simon, 1952-
- Publication
- New York : Springer-Verlag ; Austin : R.G. Landes, 1995.
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- Description
- 170 pages : illustrations; 27 cm.
- Series Statement
- Molecular biology intelligence unit
- Uniform Title
- Molecular biology intelligence unit.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- 1. Introduction -- 2. A Pattern Emerges: Early Comparison of Amino Acid Sequences -- 3. A Theory to Match: The Neutral Theory of Molecular Evolution Predicts a Molecular Clock -- 4. Generation Gap: The Theory Is Modified when DNA Is Compared -- 5. Monkey Business: Molecular Evolution in Primates -- 6. The Order of Orders: Molecular Evolution in Placental Mammals -- 7. The Mammalian Fossil Record -- 8. Primate Separation Times from the Fossil Record -- 9. Biogeography and the Divergence of Placental Mammals -- 10. The Age of Mammals: The Molecular Clock Requires a Reassessment of Divergence Times -- 11. Gender Bias: Is Molecular Evolution Male-Driven? -- 12. The Mouse and the Turtle: Does Metabolic Rate Affect Substitution Rate? -- 13. Summary.
- ISBN
- 1570591776 (hard cover : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 95006272
- OCLC
- 32052907
- ocm32052907
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries