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Microbial phylogeny and evolution : concepts and controversies / edited by Jan Sapp.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Microorganisms--Evolution.
- Microorganisms.
- Bacteria--genetics.
- Evolution, Molecular.
- Genetics, Microbial.
- Phylogeny.
- Sequence Analysis.
- Medical Subjects:
- Bacteria--genetics.
- Evolution, Molecular.
- Genetics, Microbial.
- Phylogeny.
- Sequence Analysis.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (349 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The extent of lateral gene transfer amongst diverse microbes is raising doubt as to the applicability of the concept of species in the microbial world. Leading microbial evolutionists discuss phylogeny & evolutionary theory in the light of the latest discoveries.
- Contents:
- The bacterium's place in nature / Jan Sapp
- The large-scale structure of the Tree of Life / Norman Pace
- The molecular phylogeny of bacteria based on conserved genes / Wolfgang Ludwig and Karl-Hans Schleifer
- Evolving biological organization / Carl Woese
- If the Tree of Life fell would it make a sound? / W. Ford Doolittle
- Woe is the Tree of Life / Bill Martin
- The robustness of intermediary metabolism / Harold Morowitz, Daniel Broyles and Howard Lasus
- Molecular sequences and the early history of life / Radhey Gupta
- Fulfilling Darwin's dream / James Lake [and others]
- Paradigm lost / Charles Kurland
- Contemporary issues in mitochondrial origins and evolution / Michael Gray
- On the origin and evolution of plastids / John Archibald and Patrick Keeling
- The karyomastigont model of eukaryosis / Hanna Melnitsky, Frederick A. Rainey and Lynn Margulis
- The missing piece: the microtubule cytoskeleton / Michael Dolan
- Heritable microorganisms and reproductive parasitism / John Werren.
- Notes:
- Formerly CIP.
- Previously issued in print: 2005.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
- ISBN:
- 9780197701607
- 0197701604
- 9780190290726
- 0190290722
- 9781280534324
- 128053432X
- 9780198037774
- 0198037775
- 9781602569973
- 1602569975
- OCLC:
- 173844365
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