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The Evolutionary Origins of Life and Death (Paperback)
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The Evolutionary Origins of Life and Death (Paperback)
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The question of why an individual would actively kill itself has
long been an evolutionary mystery. Pierre M. Durand's ambitious
book answers this question through close inspection of life and
death in the earliest cellular life. As Durand shows us, cell death
is a fascinating lens through which to examine the
interconnectedness, in evolutionary terms, of life and death. It is
a truism to note that one does not exist without the other, but
just how does this play out in evolutionary history? These two
processes have been studied from philosophical, theoretical,
experimental, and genomic angles, but no one has yet integrated the
information from these various disciplines. In this work, Durand
synthesizes cellular studies of life and death looking at the
origin of life and the evolutionary significance of programmed
cellular death. The exciting and unexpected outcome of Durand's
analysis is the realization that life and death exhibit features of
coevolution. The evolution of more complex cellular life depended
on the coadaptation between traits that promote life and those that
promote death. In an ironic twist, it becomes clear that, in many
circumstances, programmed cell death is essential for sustaining
life.
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