Kin : How We Came to Know Our Microbe Relatives / John L. Ingraham.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ingraham, John L., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Microorganisms--Evolution.

Microorganisms.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : 7 halftones, 6 line illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2017]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

By unlocking the evolutionary information contained in cells, biologists have been able to construct the Tree of Life and show that its three main stems are dominated by microbes. Plants and animals constitute a small upper branch in one stem. Soon we may know how life began over 3.5 billion years ago. John Ingraham tells this story of discovery.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Introduction

Part One. Discovering the Tree of Life

1. The Tree's Microbial Branches

2. Relationships among Organisms

3. Enter DNA

4. The Rosetta Stone

5. From the Tree's Roots to Its Branches

Part Two. Doubts and Complications

6. Genes from Neighbors

7. Can the Receiving Cell Say No?

8. Can the Tree Be Trusted?

Part Three. Understanding the Tree of Life

9. The Tree's Ecological Fruit

10. The Tree's Beginnings

Further Reading

Acknowledgments

Illustration Credits

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 13. Sep 2017)

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-674-97925-7

OCLC:

984688686