Evolutionary Biology: Exobiology and Evolutionary Mechanisms

<p>Part I&nbsp; History of Great Discoveries</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>1 The First Experiments of Ascidian and Sea Urchin Eggs Fertilization</p><p>Margherita Raineri, Erki Tammiksaar</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Part II&nbsp; Evolutionary Biology Concepts</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>2 Ontic Openness as Key Factor in the Evolution of Biological Systems</p><p>Søren Nors Nielsen and Claus Emmeche</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>3 Effects of Epistasis and Pleiotropy on Fitness Landscapes</p><p>Bjørn Østman</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Part III&nbsp; Exobiology and the&nbsp;Origin of Life</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>4 Autocatalytic Sets: The Origin of Life, Evolution, and Functional Organization</p><p>Wim Hordijk, Mike Steel and Stuart Kauffman</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>5 Interactions of Clay Minerals with RNA Components</p><p>Hideo Hashizume, Sjerry van der Gaast, Benny K.G. Theng</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>6 Bottom-up Protocell Design: Gaining Insights in the Emergence of Complex Functions</p><p>Rafał Wieczorek, Michael C. Wamberg, Anders N. Albertsen, Philipp M. G. Löffler and Pierre-Alain Monnard</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>7 From Life to Exolife: The interdependence of astrobiology and evolutionary biology</p><p>Jack T. O’Malley-James and Stefanie Lutz</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>8 The Possible Roles of Water in the Prebiotic Chemical Evolution of DNA ― An Approach by Single Molecule Studies </p><p>Shuxun Cui</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Part IV&nbsp; Evolutionary Mechanisms</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>9 Domain Architecture Evolution of Metazoan Proteins</p><p>László Patthy</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>10 Of Trees and Bushes: Phylogenetic Networks as Tools to Detect, Visualize and Model Reticulate Evolution</p><p>Antonio Hernandez-Lopez</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>11 Horizontal Acquisition of Prokaryotic Genes for Eukaryote Functioning and Niche Adaptation </p><p>Maxime Bruto, Claire Prigent-Combaret, Patricia Luis, Grégory Hoff, Yvan Moënne-Loccoz and Daniel Muller</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>12 Molecular Evolution of Disrupted Transfer RNA Genes and Their Introns in Archaea</p><p>Akio Kanai</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>13 Memory of Temperature in the Seasonal Control of Flowering Time: an Unexplored Link Between Meteorology and Molecular Biology</p><p>Hiroshi Kudoh and Atsushi J. Nagano</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>14 Current Approaches in Spatial Genetics</p><p>V. Montano, A. Eriksson, A. Manica and Y. Moodley</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>15 Consequences of Segregation and Genetic Exchange on Adaptability in Arbuscular Mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) </p><p>Caroline Angelard and Ian.R Sanders</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>16 Mitochondrial Genes, Sex Determination and Hermaphroditism in Freshwater Mussels (Bivalvia: Unionoida).</p><p>Donald T. Stewart, Walter R. Hoeh, Gerhard Bauer, and Sophie Breton</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>17 Variable Lymphocyte Receptors in JawLess Vertebrates: Illuminating the Origin and Early Evolution of Adaptive Immunity</p><p>Sabyasachi Das and Masayuki Hirano</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>18 An Evo-Devo Perspective on Hybrid Infertility and Speciation</p><p>Priscilla Ambrosi, Sebastian Chadha, Emma Yang, Rui Sousa-Neves and Claudia M Mizutani</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>19 Genetic and Molecular Dissection of Animal Decision-Making: A New Frontier for Genetic Analysis</p><p>Youngmin Chu, Joseph Schinaman and Rui Sousa-Neves &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </p>