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Zusatztext It is a must-read for anyone with the slightest interest in the historical background to the current controversies regarding the role of horizontal gene transfer and how this affects the notion of a tree of life for prokaryotes. Informationen zum Autor Jan Sapp is a Professor in the Department of Biology at York University in Toronto, Canada. Klappentext This book presents a history of microbial evolutionary biology from the 19th century to the present. It follows the research of molecular evolutionists who explore the origins of the genetic system and the primary life forms: three domains and multiple kingdoms, created by mechanisms very unlike those considered by Darwin and his followers. Zusammenfassung This book presents a history of microbial evolutionary biology from the 19th century to the present. It follows the research of molecular evolutionists who explore the origins of the genetic system and the primary life forms: three domains and multiple kingdoms, created by mechanisms very unlike those considered by Darwin and his followers. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword Preface 1: Animal, Vegetable or Mineral? 2: Microbes First 3: The Germ of Phylogeny 4: Creatures Void of Form 5: About Chaos 6: Kingdoms at Biology's Borders 7: The Prokaryote and the Eukaryote 8: On the Unity of Life 9: Symbiotic Complexity 10: The Morning of Molecular Phylogenetics 11: Roots in the Genetic Code 12: A Third Form of Life 13: A Kingdom on a Molecule 14: Against Adaptationism 15: In the Capital of the New Kingdom 16: Out of Eden 17: Sketching the Tree of Life 18: The Dawn Cell Controversy 19: Three Domains 20: Disputed Territories 21: Grappling the World Wide Web 22: Entangled Roots and Braided Lives Concluding Remarks
