Evolution: A View from the 21st Century

III. Evolutionary Lessons from Molecular Genetics and Genome Sequencing

In this part:

• Antibiotic resistance and horizontal DNA transfer

• The modular and duplicative nature of protein evolution

• Molecular taxonomy and the discovery of a new cell type

• Symbiogenesis and the origin of eukaryotic cells

• Natural genetic engineering and evolutionary genomic innovation

• Use and reuse of evolutionary inventions

• What makes a man different from a mouse?

• Whole genome doubling at critical stages of evolutionary innovation and divergence

• Reviewing what the DNA record reveals about cell activities over evolutionary time

The advent of molecular genetics and genome sequencing was a major step forward in evolutionary science. Examining the DNA record ...