Life from an RNA world : the ancestor within / Michael Yarus.
| Author/creator | Yarus, Michael, 1940- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2010. |
| Description | x, 198 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction to your ancestor -- Before we begin : a voluntary chapter -- Framing the problem : the buffalo and the bacterium -- The big tree : no jackalopes please -- A dance of atoms -- Allegro agitato : the origin of life -- The winds that blow through the starry ways -- Tornados in a junkyard -- Between genomes and creatures -- A thumbnail molecular biology -- RNA structure : a tape with a shape -- Intimations of an RNA world -- The experimentally impaired sciences -- Test tube RNA evolution : first light -- Selection amplification : interrogating RNA's possibilities -- RNA duplication : replicase activity in real RNAs -- RNA capabilities and the origins of translation -- The quest for the peptidyl transferase -- A language much older than hieroglyphics : the genetic code -- Assume a spherical cow : the ribocyte -- The future of the RNA world. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2009044011 |
| ISBN | 9780674050754 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780674060715 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 0674050754 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0674060717 (pbk.) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | QP623 .Y367 2010 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |