Evolutionary Biology

Part I History of Great Discoveries 1 The First Experiments of Ascidian and Sea Urchin Eggs Fertilization Margherita Raineri, Erki Tammiksaar Part II Evolutionary Biology Concepts 2 Ontic Openness as Key Factor in the Evolution of Biological Systems Soren Nors Nielsen and Claus Emmeche 3 Effects of Epistasis and Pleiotropy on Fitness Landscapes Bjorn Ostman Part III Exobiology and the Origin of Life 4 Autocatalytic Sets: The Origin of Life, Evolution, and Functional Organization Wim Hordijk, Mike Steel and Stuart Kauffman 5 Interactions of Clay Minerals with RNA Components Hideo Hashizume, Sjerry van der Gaast, Benny K.G. Theng 6 Bottom-up Protocell Design: Gaining Insights in the Emergence of Complex Functions Rafal Wieczorek, Michael C. Wamberg, Anders N. Albertsen, Philipp M. G. Loffler and Pierre-Alain Monnard 7 From Life to Exolife: The interdependence of astrobiology and evolutionary biology Jack T. O'Malley-James and Stefanie Lutz 8 The Possible Roles of Water in the Prebiotic Chemical Evolution of DNA - An Approach by Single Molecule Studies Shuxun Cui Part IV Evolutionary Mechanisms 9 Domain Architecture Evolution of Metazoan Proteins Laszlo Patthy 10 Of Trees and Bushes: Phylogenetic Networks as Tools to Detect, Visualize and Model Reticulate Evolution Antonio Hernandez-Lopez 11 Horizontal Acquisition of Prokaryotic Genes for Eukaryote Functioning and Niche Adaptation Maxime Bruto, Claire Prigent-Combaret, Patricia Luis, Gregory Hoff, Yvan Moenne-Loccoz and Daniel Muller 12 Molecular Evolution of Disrupted Transfer RNA Genes and Their Introns in Archaea Akio Kanai 13 Memory of Temperature in the Seasonal Control of Flowering Time: an Unexplored Link Between Meteorology and Molecular Biology Hiroshi Kudoh and Atsushi J. Nagano 14 Current Approaches in Spatial Genetics V. Montano, A. Eriksson, A. Manica and Y. Moodley 15 Consequences of Segregation and Genetic Exchange on Adaptability in Arbuscular Mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) Caroline Angelard and Ian.R Sanders 16 Mitochondrial Genes, Sex Determination and Hermaphroditism in Freshwater Mussels (Bivalvia: Unionoida). Donald T. Stewart, Walter R. Hoeh, Gerhard Bauer, and Sophie Breton 17 Variable Lymphocyte Receptors in JawLess Vertebrates: Illuminating the Origin and Early Evolution of Adaptive Immunity Sabyasachi Das and Masayuki Hirano 18 An Evo-Devo Perspective on Hybrid Infertility and Speciation Priscilla Ambrosi, Sebastian Chadha, Emma Yang, Rui Sousa-Neves and Claudia M Mizutani 19 Genetic and Molecular Dissection of Animal Decision-Making: A New Frontier for Genetic Analysis Youngmin Chu, Joseph Schinaman and Rui Sousa-Neves