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Jan Sapp, Jan Sapp - Microbial Phylogeny and Evolution, Inbunden

Inbunden, Engelska, 2005

Microbial Phylogeny and Evolution

Concepts and Controversies

Av Jan Sapp, Jan Sapp

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The extent of lateral gene transfer among diverse microbes has effectively broken down our concept of species when we seek to apply it to the microbial world. The explosive growth of whole genome sequences for a great number of microbes give us an unprecedented perspective on the entire process of cellular evolution known. The field is rife with controversies, which have been waged fiercely over the past 20 years and which now are all coming to a point of resolution. Sapp has brought together the best workers in this field to assess what we now know, and to try to reach an accommodation and consensus on the broad outline of how cellular life has evolved.
Produktinformation
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2005-03-24
  • Mått: 164 x 239 x 21 mm
  • Vikt: 612 g
  • Format: Inbunden
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 352
  • Förlag: OUP USA
  • ISBN: 9780195168778
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Jay Sapp is Professor of History of the Biological Sciences, Department of Biology, York University.

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"This book will leave readers in no doubt that there has never been a more breathless and exciting time to be an evolutionary biologist, and that microbes have rightfully taken center stage."--Edward Feil, The Quarterly Review of Biology""This volume is timely, interesting, and important. Dr. Sapp has gathered a group of authors that includies the best in the field of microbial evolution. ... Any scientist interested in the origin and evolution of prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells will want to peruse this book."--Nicholas Gillham, J.B. Duke Professor of Biology Emeritus, Duke University"This book has two great advantages. First, it sets out why the subject of bacterial evolution has become of central importance to considerations of the origins of living organisms and of a variety of their cell and molecular mechanisms. Second, it sets out the contrasting viewpoints on the significance of recent research with unique coherence. The 21st century will see the continuing emergence of radical new ideas on the evolution and interrelationships ofliving organisms. No other book sets out the currect situation and possible future developments so clearly and authoritatively."--Sir David Smith, Professor Emeritus at the University of Oxford, Fellow ofthe Royal Society of London"Microbial Phylogeny and Evolution: Concepts and Controversies" is a fascinating read if you are interested in how science proceeds and how the process is influenced by the personalities of the key individuals in the field."--Systemic Biology"This volume is timely, interesting, and important. Dr. Sapp has gathered a group of authors that includies the best in the field of microbial evolution. ... Any scientist interested in the origin and evolution of prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells will want to peruse this book."--Nicholas Gillham, J.B. Duke Professor of Biology Emeritus, Duke University"This book has two great advantages. First, it sets out why the subject of bacterial evolution has become of central importance to considerations of the origins of living organisms and of a variety of their cell and molecular mechanisms. Second, it sets out the contrasting viewpoints on the significance of recent research with unique coherence. The 21st century will see the continuing emergence of radical new ideas on the evolution and interrelationships ofliving organisms. No other book sets out the currect situation and possible future developments so clearly and authoritatively."--Sir David Smith, Professor Emeritus at the University of Oxford, Fellow ofthe Royal Society of London

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