Evolution

<p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>IT IS TIME FOR A NEW THEORY OF EVOLUTION BASED ON GENOMICS NOT GUESSES</strong></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>In 2011 James A. Shapiro's </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Evolution: A View from the 21st Century</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> proposed a revolutionary paradigm for understanding biological evolution: </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>natural genetic engineering</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> not random accidents produce genome change. In the 21st-century view organisms are active participants in the evolutionary process. </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Since then climate change and multiple crises in infectious disease have given new urgency to understanding evolution. In this expanded 2</span><sup style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>nd</sup><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> Edition Shapiro shares new evidence that living cells re-engineer their genomes in response to environmental challenges and disruptions to cellular reproduction. </span></p><p>From the classroom to the laboratory conventional wisdom still paints evolution as the passive result of mutational accidents and natural selection. A modern vision of evolution recognizes that all <span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>living beings</span> from the simplest organisms to humans<span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> actively modify their read-write (RW) genomes as they evolve.</span></p><p>In an unpredictable world the ability to evolve actively is essential to survival. Today understanding evolution <span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>is equally critical to our shared future. </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Read this book to learn:</span></p><ul><li>How interactions with other species cells and viruses shape an organism's evolution </li><li>How better understanding evolution can help protect our health food supply and planet </li><li>How to apply lessons from molecular genetics and genomics wisely to benefit society </li></ul><p>Written for both general and academic readers the 2<sup>nd</sup> Edition includes: </p><ul><li>Discussions of the latest thinking on evolutionary processes </li><li>Published scientific papers sharing key research from the past decade</li><li>The full text of the 2011 edition with appendices</li></ul>