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Fungal biology in the origin and emergence of life / David Moore, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Moore, D. (David), 1942- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Fungi--Evolution.
- Fungi.
- Life--Origin.
- Life.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (vi, 231 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Fungal Biology in the Origin & Emergence of Life
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The rhythm of life on Earth includes several strong themes contributed by Kingdom Fungi. So why are fungi ignored when theorists ponder the origin of life? Casting aside common theories that life originated in an oceanic primeval soup, in a deep, hot place, or even a warm little pond, this is a mycological perspective on the emergence of life on Earth. The author traces the crucial role played by the first biofilms - products of aerosols, storms, volcanic plumes and rainout from a turbulent atmosphere - which formed in volcanic caves 4 billion years ago. Moore describes how these biofilms contributed to the formation of the first prokaryotic cells, and later, unicellular stem eukaryotes, highlighting the role of the fungal grade of organisation in the evolution of higher organisms. Based on the latest research, this is a unique account of the origin of life and its evolutionary diversity to the present day.
- Contents:
- Learning from life on Earth in the present day
- Essentials of fungal cell biology
- First, make a habitat
- The building blocks of life
- An extraterrestrial origin of life?
- Endogenous synthesis of prebiotic organic compounds on the young Earth
- Cooking the recipe for life
- "It's life, Jim"
- Coming alive:what happened and where?
- My name is Luca
- Towards eukaryotes
- Rise of the fungi
- Emergence of diversity.
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-139-61135-6
- 1-107-23874-9
- 1-139-52404-6
- 1-139-61321-9
- 1-139-62251-X
- 1-283-94310-7
- 1-139-62623-X
- 1-139-60949-1
- 1-139-61693-5
- OCLC:
- 823724165
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