Evolution The Molecular Landscape: Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology, Volume LXXIV - Hardcover

9780879698706: Evolution The Molecular Landscape: Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology, Volume LXXIV

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0879698705 ISBN 13: 9780879698706

Publisher: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, 2010

This volume is based on presentations by the world-renowned investigators who gathered at the 74th annual Cold Spring Harbor Symposium on Quantitative Biology to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the publication of Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species. It reviews the latest advances in research into evolution, focusing on the molecular bases for evolutionary change. The topics covered include the appearance of the first genetic material, the origins of cellular life, evolution and development, selection and adaptation, and genome evolution. Human origins, cognition, and cultural evolution are also covered, along with social interactions. The line-up of speakers comprised a stellar list of preeminent scientists and thinkers such as the zoologist and prolific author E. O. Wilson (Harvard University); Jack W. Szostak (Harvard Medical School), a 2009 Nobel Prize winner who studies the chemistry of life's origins; and Nobel Prize winner and former president of HHMI Thomas Cech (Colorado Institute for Molecular Biotechnology), to name just a few.

"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.

About the Author

Jan Witkowski is the Executive Director of The Banbury Center at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.

From the Back Cover

Based on presentations by the world-renowned investigators who gathered at the 74th annual Cold Spring Harbor Symposium to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the publication of Charles Darwin s On the Origin of Species, this volume reviews the latest advances in research into evolution, focusing on the molecular bases for evolutionary change. The topics covered include the appearance of the first genetic material, the origins of cellular life, evolution and development, selection and adaptation, and genome evolution. Human origins, cognition, and cultural evolution are also covered, along with social interactions.

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.