Foundations of comparative genomics / Arcady R. Mushegian.

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Year of Publication:2007
Language:English
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Physical Description:ix, 265 p. :; ill.
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Table of Contents:
  • The beginning of computational genomics
  • Finding sequence similarities
  • Homology: can we get it right?
  • Getting ready for the era of comparative genomics: the importance of viruses
  • The first fact of comparative genomics: protein sequences are remarkably resilient in evolution
  • The second fact of comparative genomics: functional convergence at the molecular level
  • Prediction of function and reconstruction of metabolism from genomic data: homology-based approaches
  • Prediction of function and reconstruction of metabolism: post-homology approaches
  • Structural genomics: what does it tell us about life?
  • How many protein families are there?
  • Phylogenetic inference and the era of complete genomes
  • Two stories about evolution
  • Minimal and ancestral genomes
  • Comparative genomics and systems biology.