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

• Autore: Sapp Jan
• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (400 p. ) : ill
• Disciplina: 571.2/9
• Soggetto topico: Microorganisms - Evolution; Microbial genetics; Evolution (Biology); Biology
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: The new foundations of evolution
• ISBN: 0-19-770216-3; 0-19-988917-1; 1-282-23546-X; 9786612235467; 0-19-973438-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910813609003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II