Contents -- Contributors -- An Overview of the Implicit Genome -- 1. Sequence-Dependent Properties of DNA and Their Role in Function -- 2. Mutation as a Phenotype -- 3. Repeats and Variation in Pathogen Selection -- 4. Tuning Knobs in the Genome: Evolution of Simple Sequence Repeats by Indirect Selection -- 5. Implicit Information in Eukaryotic Pathogens as the Basis of Antigenic Variation -- 6. The Role of Repeat Sequences in Bacterial Genetic Adaptation to Stress -- 7. The Role of Mobile DNA in the Evolution of Prokaryotic Genomes -- 8. Eukaryotic Transposable Elements: Teaching Old Genomes New Tricks -- 9. Immunoglobulin Recombination Signal Sequences: Somatic and Evolutionary Functions -- 10. Somatic Evolution of Antibody Genes -- 11. Regulated and Unregulated Recombination of G-rich Genomic Regions -- 12. The Role of the Genome in the Initiation of Meiotic Recombination -- 13. Nuclear Duality and the Genesis of Unusual Genomes in Ciliated Protozoa -- 14. Editing Informational Content of Expressed DNA Sequences and Their Transcripts -- 15. Alternative Splicing: One Gene, Many Products -- 16. Imprinting: The Hidden Genome -- Epilogue: An Engineering Perspective: The Implicit Protocols -- References -- List of Acronyms -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.