Evolution by tumor neofunctionalization : the role of tumors in the origin of new cell types, tissues and organs /: the role of tumors in the origin of new cell types, tissues and organs. (2014)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: By Andrei P. Kozlov.
• Authors: Kozlov, Andrei P, 1950-
• Contents: 1. The modern synthesis of evolutionary biology and the health sciences 2. Evolution and pathology 3. The widespread occurrence of tumors in multicellular organisms 4. Features of tumors that could be used in evolution 5. Tumors might participate in evolution of ontogenesis 6. Tumors that might play the role in evolution 7. Tumors that have played the role in evolution 8. The general principles and molecular mechanisms of the origin of novel genes 9. The origin of evolutionarily novel genes and evolution of new functions and structural complexity in multicellular organisms 10. The origin of new cell types, tissues and organs by tumor neofunctionalization 11. Experimental confirmation of nontrivial predictions of evolution by tumor neofunctionalization hypothesis 12. Other evidence supporting the positive evolutionary role of tumors and hypothesis of evolution by tumor neofunctionalization 13. Overview 14. Conclusion
• Publisher Details: Amsterdam : Academic Press
• Publication Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 571.978; Tumors; Tumors -- Molecular aspects; Evolution (Biology)
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780128004982
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