Divergence with Genetic Exchange
Michael L. Arnold
Abstract
This book is an investigation into processes associated with evolutionary divergence and diversification. The focus, as the title indicates, is on the role played by the exchange of genes between divergent lineages. This process has been given various names, with one of the most recent being “divergence-with-gene-flow.” Examples of genetic exchange-mediated evolution include organisms from all domains of life. Though the mechanisms by which such divergent forms of life exchange genomic material differ widely, the outcomes of interest—i.e. adaptive evolution and the formation of new “hybrid” li ... More
This book is an investigation into processes associated with evolutionary divergence and diversification. The focus, as the title indicates, is on the role played by the exchange of genes between divergent lineages. This process has been given various names, with one of the most recent being “divergence-with-gene-flow.” Examples of genetic exchange-mediated evolution include organisms from all domains of life. Though the mechanisms by which such divergent forms of life exchange genomic material differ widely, the outcomes of interest—i.e. adaptive evolution and the formation of new “hybrid” lineages—do not. The various chapter and section divisions thus reflect the history, methodologies for detecting, outcomes, implications for conservation programs, and the effects on the human lineage associated with the process of genetic transfer between divergent lineages.
Keywords:
divergence-with-gene-flow,
genetic exchange,
adaptive evolution
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2015 |
Print ISBN-13: 9780198726029 |
| Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: November 2015 |
DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198726029.001.0001 |
Authors
Affiliations are at time of print publication.
Michael L. Arnold, author
Distinguished Research Professor, Department of Genetics, University of Georgia
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