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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Harold, Franklin M.
Titre(s) : In search of cell history [Texte imprimé] : the evolution of life's building blocks / Franklin M. Harold
Publication : Chicago (Ill.) ; London : University of Chicago press, cop. 2014
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XIV-303 p.) : ill. en coul. ; 24 cm
Comprend : Cells, genes, and evolution : on the nature and workings of life ; The tree of life
: universal phylogeny and its discontents ; A world mostly made up of microbes :
bacteria, archaea, and eukarya ; The deep roots of cellular life : the common ancestry
of living things ; The perplexing chronicles of bioenergetics : making a living,
now and in the past ; Life's devices : on the evolution of prokaryotic cells and
their parts ; Emergence of the eukaryotes : the second mystery in cell evolution
; Symbionts into organelles : mitochondria, plastids, and their kin ; Reading the
rocks : what we can infer from geology ; Ultimate riddle : origin of cellular life
; The crooked paths of cell evolution : cell evolution is special ; Summing up :
journey without maps.
Note(s) : Bibliogr. 261-288
"Written in accessible language and complemented by a glossary for easy reference,
this book investigates one of the most fundamental and divisive problems in biology:
the origin of cells. Assuming only a basic knowledge of cell biology, Franklin M.
Harold examines such pivotal subjects as the relationship between cells and genes;
the central role of bioenergetics in the origin of life; the status of the universal
tree of life with its three stems and viral outliers; and the controversies surrounding
the last universal common ancestor. He also delves deeply into the evolution of cellular
organization, the origin of complex cells, and the incorporation of symbiotic organelles,
and considers the fossil evidence for the earliest life on earth. In Search of Cell
History shows us just how far we have come in understanding cell evolution - and the
evolution of life in general - and how far we still have to go."--Back cover
Sujet(s) : Cellules -- Évolution
Origine de la vie
Genre ou forme : Ouvrages de vulgarisation
Indice(s) Dewey :
571.6 (23e éd.) = Biologie cellulaire
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780226174143. - ISBN 022617414X (rel.). - ISBN 9780226174280. - ISBN 022617428X
(br.). - ISBN 9780226174310 (e-book)
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Notice n° :
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