Pontarotti P. (ed.) Evolutionary Biology: Exobiology and Evolutionary Mechanisms

Springer, 2013. — 300 p. — ISBN: 978-3-642-38211-6.For the 16th time, the Evolutionary Biology Meeting at Marseilles (EBM) took place. The goal of this annual meeting was to allow scientists of different disciplines, who share a deep interest in evolutionary biology concepts, knowledge and applications, to meet, exchange and start interdisciplinary collaborations. The EBM at Marseilles is now recognised internationally as an important exchange platform and a booster for the use of evolutionary-based approaches in biology and also in other scientific areas. This year more than 100 presentations were selected by the EBM scientific committee. These presentations really reflected the epistemological positioning of the meeting. We have selected 19 of the most representative ones for the book. The book will give the reader an overview of the state of the art in the evolutionary biology field.