Origin of Group Identity Viruses, Addiction and Cooperation /

From bacteria to humans, all life has ways to recognize themselves and differentiate themselves from similar life forms. The ability to recognize similarity can be called group identity or group membership and also relates to group cooperation. Even viruses have the capacity for group identity and c...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Villarreal, Luis P. (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 2009.
Edición:1st ed. 2009.
Temas:
Evolution (Biology).
Virology.
Ecology .
Immunology.
Medical genetics.
Microbiology.
Evolutionary Biology.
Ecology.
Medical Genetics.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • An Overview: Identity from Bacteria to Belief
  • The Prokaryotes: Virus, Hyperparasites and the Origin of Group Identity
  • Sensory Systems (Light, Odor, Pheromones) in Communities of Oceanic Microbes
  • Subjugation of the Individual; Prokaryotic Group Living - Blooms, Slime and Mats
  • Animal Group Identity: From Slime to Worms, Emergence of the Brain
  • Group Identity in Aquatic Animals: Learning to Belong
  • Development of Tetrapod Group Identity, the Smell of Self
  • Origin of Primate Group Identity: Vision and the Great ERV Invasion
  • Human Group Identity: Language and a Social Mind.

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