| View Larger Image | Microbial Phylogeny and Evolution: Concepts and Controversies | Hardcoverby Jan Sapp (Editor)
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| | Binding: | Hardcover | | Publisher: | Oxford University Press, USA | | Edition: | illustrated editionth Edition | | Page Count: | 352 Pages | | Publication Date: | March 03, 2005 | | Sales Rank: | 936,773th |
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The birth of bacterial genomics since the mid-1990s brought withit several conceptual modifications and wholly new controversies. Working beyond the scope of the neo-Darwinian evolutionary synthesis, a group of leading microbial evolutionists addresses the following and related issues, often with markedly varied viewpoints: DT Did the eukaryotic nucleus, cytoskeleton and cilia also orginate from symbiosis? DT Do the current scenarios about he origin of mitochondria and plastids require revision? DT What is the extent of lateral gene transfer (between "species") among bacteria? DT Does the rDNA phylogenetic tree still stand in the age of genomics? DT Is the course of the first 3 billion years of evolution even knowable? |
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Destined to become an Origins of Life classic. by Oleander (USA)  5 Stars
June 11, 2008
Jan Sapp has collected essays from all the titans in the field: Lynn Margulis, Carl Woese, Norman Pace, W. Ford Doolittle, Harold Morowitz, etc. Here you can find an entire "course" on the central controversies in origins of life research at the cellular level. Chapters are written in scientific language, but they are all extraordinarily well written and easy to follow if you have college-level training in cell biology. The lengthy list of references is also golden. I would definitely consider using this as one textbook for a course on origins of life.
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