Symbiogenesis : a new principle of evolution / Boris Mikhaylovich Kozo-Polyansky, translated from Russian, Victor Fet, edited by Victor Fet and Lynn Margulis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kozo-Poli︠a︡nskiĭ, Boris Mikhaĭlovich, 1890-1957, author.

Contributor:

Margulis, Lynn, 1938-2011, editor.

Fet, Victor, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Symbiogenesis.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (239 pages)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, [2010]

Summary:

More than eighty years ago, before we knew much about the structure of cells, Russian botanist Boris Kozo-Polyansky brilliantly outlined the concept of symbiogenesis, the symbiotic origin of cells with nuclei. It was a half-century later, only when experimental approaches that Kozo-Polyansky lacked were applied to his hypotheses, that scientists began to accept his view that symbiogenesis could be united with Darwin's concept of natural selection to explain the evolution of life. After decades of neglect, ridicule, and intellectual abuse, Kozo-Polyansky's ideas are now endorsed by virtually all biologists. Kozo-Polyansky's seminal work is presented here for the first time in an outstanding annotated translation, updated with commentaries, references, and modern micrographs of symbiotic phenomena.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

The Importance of B. M. Kozo-Polyansky’s Work for Modern Science

Introduction

Note to the Reader

Kozo- Polyansky’s Life

Acknowledgments

Original Russian book title page

Preface

I Noncellular Organisms (Cytodes) and Bioblasts [Prokaryotes]

II The Cell and Its Organelles

III Multicellular Organisms

IV The Philosophy of Symbiogenesis

V History of Symbiogenesis Theory

References to Kozo-Polyansky’s Text

Kozo- Polyansky’s Taxa

Editors’ Commentary

Commentary References

Modern Classification of Life

Glossary

Index

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780674056589

0674056582

OCLC:

1282594680