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17%OFFJohn L. Ingraham - Kin: How We Came to Know Our Microbe Relatives - 9780674660403 - V9780674660403
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Kin: How We Came to Know Our Microbe Relatives

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Description for Kin: How We Came to Know Our Microbe Relatives Hardcover. By unlocking the evolutionary information contained in cells, biologists have been able to construct the Tree of Life and show that its three main stems are dominated by microbes. Plants and animals constitute a small upper branch in one stem. Soon we may know how life began over 3.5 billion years ago. John Ingraham tells this story of discovery. Num Pages: 270 pages. BIC Classification: PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 20 x 13. .
Since Darwin, people have speculated about the evolutionary relationships among dissimilar species, including our connections to the diverse life forms known as microbes. In the 1970s biologists discovered a way to establish these kinships. This new era of exploration began with Linus Pauling's finding that every protein in every cell contains a huge reservoir of evolutionary history. His discovery opened a research path that has changed the way biologists and others think about the living world. In Kin John L. Ingraham tells the story of these remarkable breakthroughs. His original, accessible history explains how we came to understand our microbe ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
270
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674660403
SKU
V9780674660403
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About John L. Ingraham
John L. Ingraham is Professor of Microbiology, Emeritus, at the University of California, Davis.

Reviews for Kin: How We Came to Know Our Microbe Relatives
In a delightfully personal yet accurate style, Ingraham describes the events and personalities that brought us the 'Tree of Life, ' the representation that encapsulates the relatedness of all organisms of Earth. Readers will be educated while they are entertained as they explore fascinating aspects of life discovered through the study of our microbial relatives.
Roberto Kolter, Harvard University Charles Darwin ... Read more

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