Genomics and Evolution of Microbial Eukaryotes - Hardcover

 
9780198569749: Genomics and Evolution of Microbial Eukaryotes
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0198569742 ISBN 13: 9780198569749
Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2006

Synopsis

This book represents a unique combination of recently-emerged information on eukaryotic microbes, evolution and genomics. Eukaryotes, cells with nuclei, evolved as microbes and have existed on Earth for approximately 2 billion years. Although currently relatively understudied, eukaryotic microorganisms are of critical importance to ecosystems (through their involvement in global biogeochemical cycles), human health (they include some of the deadliest pathogens), and our desire to understand global biodiversity. Recent advances, particularly in DNA sequencing technologies, are making eukaryotic microbes more accessible through genome analyses. Insights from these studies are challenging previously held theories of genome evolution, based on studies of a limited number of plants, animals and fungi.

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About the Author

Laura A. Katz is an Associate Professor of Biological Sciences at Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts.

Debashish Bhattacharya is an Associate Professor of Biological Sciences at the University of Iowa.

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Publisher
Oxford University Press
Publication date
2006
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0198569742
ISBN 13 
9780198569749
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
256
Editor
Katz Laura A, Bhattacharya Debashish

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