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The Major Transitions in Evolution.
During evolution, there have been several major changes in the way that genetic information is organized and transmitted from one generation to the next. These transitions include the origin of life itself, the first eukaryotic cells, reproduction by sexual means, the appearance of multicellular pla...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
OUP Oxford,
1997.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Contents; List of tables; Preface; 1 Introduction; 2 What is life?; 3 Chemical evolution; 4 The evolution of templates; 5 The chicken and egg problem; 6 The origin of translation and the genetic code; 7 The origin of protocells; 8 The origin of eukaryotes; 9 The origin of sex and the nature of species; 10 Intragenomic conflict; 11 Symbiosis; 12 Development in simple organisms; 13 Gene regulation and cell heredity; 14 The development of spatial patterns; 15 Development and evolution; 16 The origins of societies; 17 The origin of language; References; Author index; Subject index.