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Acquiring Genomes: A Theory Of The Origin Of Species
Dorion Sagan Lynn Ma
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Description for Acquiring Genomes: A Theory Of The Origin Of Species
Paperback. From one of the great iconoclasts of modern biology, Lynn Margulis, a groundbreaking new theory of the origins of species Num Pages: 256 pages, 80 illustrations. BIC Classification: PSAJ; PSAK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 312.
How do new species evolve? Although Darwin identified inherited variation as the creative force in evolution, he never formally speculated where it comes from. His successors thought that new species arise from the gradual accumulation of random mutations of DNA. But despite its acceptance in every major textbook, there is no documented instance of it. Lynn Margulis and Dorion Sagan take a radically new approach to this question. They show that speciation events are not, in fact, rare or hard to observe. Genomes are acquired by infection, by feeding, and by other ecological associations, and then inherited. Acquiring Genomes ... Read more
How do new species evolve? Although Darwin identified inherited variation as the creative force in evolution, he never formally speculated where it comes from. His successors thought that new species arise from the gradual accumulation of random mutations of DNA. But despite its acceptance in every major textbook, there is no documented instance of it. Lynn Margulis and Dorion Sagan take a radically new approach to this question. They show that speciation events are not, in fact, rare or hard to observe. Genomes are acquired by infection, by feeding, and by other ecological associations, and then inherited. Acquiring Genomes ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Basic Books
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780465043927
SKU
V9780465043927
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Ref
99-9
About Dorion Sagan Lynn Ma
Lynn Margulis, Distinguished Professor in the Department of Geosciences at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, has been a member of the National Academy of Sciences since 1983. She is best known for her pathbreaking work on the bacterial origins of cell organelles and for her collaboration with James Lovelock on Gaia theory. Her previous books include Symbiosis in Cell ... Read more
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