Keywords:
Microbial genomics.
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Electronic books.
Description / Table of Contents:
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), andour 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 limitednumber of plants, animals and fungi.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (256 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780191513855
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=430397
DDC:
579
Language:
English
Note:
Intro -- Contents -- List of contributors -- Introduction -- Part I -- 1 Current perspectives on high-level groupings of protists -- Part II: Evolutionary genomics of eukaryotic microbes -- 2 Comparative genomics of Plasmodium species -- 3 The genomes of dinoflagellates -- 4 Ciliate genome evolution -- 5 Molecular evolution of Foraminifera -- 6 Photosynthetic organelles and endosymbiosis -- 7 Genome evolution of anaerobic protists: metabolic adaptation via gene acquisition -- 8 Horizontal and intracellular gene transfer in the Apicomplexa: The scope and functional consequences -- Part III: Analyses of complete genomes -- 9 The nuts and bolts of sequencing protist genomes -- 10 Comparative genomics of the trypanosomatids -- 11 The genome of Entamoeba histolytica -- 12 Genome reduction in Microsporidia -- 13 Nucleomorphs: remnant nuclear genomes -- 14 Genomic insights into diatom evolution and metabolism -- 15 The Dictyostelium genome - a blueprint for a multicellular protist -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.
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