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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