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Symbiosis as a Source of Evolutionary Innovation - Speciation and Morphogenesis (Paperback) Loot Price: R1,536
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Symbiosis as a Source of Evolutionary Innovation - Speciation and Morphogenesis (Paperback): Lynn Margulis, Rene Fester

Symbiosis as a Source of Evolutionary Innovation - Speciation and Morphogenesis (Paperback)

Lynn Margulis, Rene Fester

Series: Symbiosis as a Source of Evolutionary Innovation

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These original contributions by symbiosis biologists and evolutionary theorists address the adequacy of the prevailing neo-Darwinian concept of evolution in the light of growing evidence that hereditary symbiosis, supplemented by the gradual accumulation of heritable mutation, results in the origin of new species and morphological novelty. A departure from mainstream biology, the idea of symbiosis-as in the genetic and metabolic interactions of the bacterial communities that became the earliest eukaryotes and eventually evolved into plants and animals-has attracted the attention of a growing number of scientists. These original contributions by symbiosis biologists and evolutionary theorists address the adequacy of the prevailing neo-Darwinian concept of evolution in the light of growing evidence that hereditary symbiosis, supplemented by the gradual accumulation of heritable mutation, results in the origin of new species and morphological novelty. They include reports of current research on the evolutionary consequences of symbiosis, the protracted physical association between organisms of different species. Among the issues considered are individuality and evolution, microbial symbioses, animal bacterial symbioses, and the importance of symbiosis in cell evolution, ecology, and morphogenesis. Lynn Margulis, Distinguished Professor of Botany at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, is the modern originator of the symbiotic theory of cell evolution. Once considered heresy, her ideas are now part of the microbiological revolution. Contributors Peter Atsatt, Richard C. Back, David Bermudes, Paola Bonfante-Fasolo, Rene Fester, Lynda J. Goff, Anne-Marie Grenier, Ricardo Guerrero, Robert H. Haynes, Rosmarie Honegger, Gregory Hinkle, Kwang W. Jeon, Bryce Kendrick, Richard Law, David Lewis, Lynn Margulis, John Maynard Smith, Margaret J. McFall-Ngai, Paul Nardon, Kenneth H. Nealson, Kris Pirozynski, Peter W. Price, Mary Beth Saffo, Jan Sapp, Silvano Scannerini, Werner Schwemmler, Sorin Sonea, Toomas H. Tiivel, Robert K. Trench, Russell Vetter

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Imprint: MIT Press
Country of origin: United States
Series: Symbiosis as a Source of Evolutionary Innovation
Release date: June 1991
First published: 1991
Editors: Lynn Margulis • Rene Fester
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 33mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade
Pages: 470
ISBN-13: 978-0-262-51990-8
Categories: Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Life sciences: general issues > Evolution
LSN: 0-262-51990-9
Barcode: 9780262519908

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