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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sapp, Jan, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Microorganisms--Evolution.

Microorganisms.

Microbial genetics.

Evolution (Biology).

Biology--Classification.

Biology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (400 p. ) ill.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Formerly CIP.

Previously issued in print: 2009.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [319]-404) and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-770216-3

0-19-988917-1

1-282-23546-X

9786612235467

0-19-973438-0

OCLC:

762151781