The new foundations of evolution : on the tree of life / Jan Sapp.

Author/creator Sapp, Jan
Format Book
Publication InfoOxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Descriptionxvi, 425 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Subjects

Contents Animal, vegetable, or mineral? -- Microbes first -- The germ of phylogeny -- Creatures void of form -- About chaos -- Kingdoms at biology's borders -- The prokaryote and the eukaryote -- On the unity of life -- Symbiotic complexity -- The morning of molecular phylogenetics -- Roots in the genetic code -- A third form of life -- A kingdom on a molecule -- Against adaptationism -- In the capital of the new kingdom -- Out of Eden -- Big tree -- The dawn cell controversy -- Three domains -- Disputed territories -- Grappling with a worldwide web -- Entangled roots and braided lives.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2008050915
ISBN9780195388497 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0195388496 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780195388503 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN019538850X (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks QR13 .S27 2009 ✔ Available Place Hold