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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455383703321

Autore

Sapp Jan

Titolo

The new foundations of evolution [[electronic resource] ] : on the tree of life / / Jan Sapp

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2009

ISBN

1-282-23546-X

9786612235467

0-19-973438-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (400 p. ) : ill

Disciplina

571.2/9

Soggetti

Microorganisms - Evolution

Microbial genetics

Evolution (Biology)

Biology

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

FOREWORD; PREFACE; 1. Animal, Vegetable or Mineral?; 2. Microbes First; 3. The Germ of Phylogeny; 4. Creatures Void of Form; 5. About Chaos; 6. Kingdoms at Biology's Borders; 7. The Prokaryote and the Eukaryote; 8. On the Unity of Life; 9. Symbiotic Complexity; 10. The Morning of Molecular Phylogenetics; 11. Roots in the Genetic Code; 12. A Third Form of Life; 13. A Kingdom on a Molecule; 14. Against Adaptationism; 15. In the Capital of the New Kingdom; 16. Out of Eden; 17. Sketching the Tree of Life; 18. The Dawn Cell Controversy; 19. Three Domains; 20. Disputed Territories; 21. Grappling the World Wide Web; 22. Entangled Roots and Braided Lives; CONCLUDING REMARKS

Sommario/riassunto

Presenting a history of microbial evolutionary biology from the 19th century to the present, this book follows the research of molecular evolutionists who explore the origins of the genetic system & primary life forms: three domains & multiple kingdoms, created by mechanisms very unlike those considered by Darwin & his followers.