General motivation
Evolution considered at the gene and genomic levels is both an object of study in itself and a means for getting at new knowledge. Comparative approaches in particular rely on the observed differences in sequence evolution between closely or distantly related species to (...)
General motivation
A book published in 2007 (Combes, Darwin, dessine-moi les hommes. Ed. Le Pommier) mentioned that "The constituents of life are being constantly renewed, it is the organisation, and it alone, which perpetuates itself’’. Part of this organisation resides in the networks of (...)