Symbiosis as a Source of Evolutionary Innovation
Speciation and Morphogenesis
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470 pages
- Release Date
17 June 1991
Summary
These original contributions by symbiosis biologists and evolutionary theorists address the adequacy of the prevailing neo-Darwinian concept of evolution in the light of growing evidence that hereditary symbiosis, supplemented by the gradual accumulation of heritable mutation, results in the origin of new species and morphological novelty.A departure from mainstream biology, the idea of symbiosis-as in the genetic and metabolic interactions of the bacterial communities that became the earlies…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262519908 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0262519909 |
| Author: | Lynn Margulis, René Fester |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 470 |
| Release Date: | 17 June 1991 |
| Weight: | 726g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm x 33mm |
| Series: | Symbiosis as a Source of Evolutionary Innovation |
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About The Author
Lynn Margulis
Lynn Margulis (1938-2011) was Distinguished Professor of Botany at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. An evolutionary theorist and biologist, science author, and educator, Margulis was the modern originator of the symbiotic theory of cell evolution. Once considered heresy, her ideas are now part of the microbiological revolution.Rene Fester is a graduate student in the biological sciences at Northern Arizona University.
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