Darwin in the Genome: Molecular strategies in biological evolution
By, Caporale, Lynn
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Class No.: 576 CAP
Accession No.: 007491
Year: 2002
Pages: 245 p.

Of the week: 29th May. to 03rd June, 2006

Writing with elegant clarity and rigor, Lynn Caporale describes the emergence of genomic mutations strategies, spelling out some of the more profound implications of these findings, including the possibility of bold new directions for medical research, and the inherent dangers of attempting to fix perceived "errors" in a human genome, all the while stressing the importance of human diversity--and biodiversity--for survival in a world in which each of us shares 99.97% of our DNA with every "perfect stranger" on Earth.

Written by a molecular biologist at the forefront of genomics research, Darwin in the Genome is an exciting account of one of the hottest new theories in biology today: evolution by natural selection inevitably leads to strategic mutations. In the struggle for survival, from pathogens to flowers, birds to orangutans, baker's yeast to people, the fittest genomes are those that evolve effective molecular strategies that respond to, and in fact anticipate, challenges and opportunities in their environments.