The major transitions in evolution / John Maynard Smith and Eörs Szathmáry.

  • Maynard Smith, John, 1920-2004.
Date:
1997
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Publication/Creation

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1997.

Physical description

xiv, 346 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes

Originally published: Oxford : W.H. Freeman/Spektrum, 1995.
Copy 1 Donor: Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (p. [311]-333) and indexes.

Contents

Introduction -- What is life? -- Chemical evolution -- The evolution of templates -- The chicken and egg problem -- The origin of translation and the genetic code -- The origin of protocells -- The origin of eukaryotes -- The origin of sex and the nature of species -- Intragenomic conflict -- Symbiosis -- Development of simple organisms -- Gene regulation and cell heredity -- The development of spatial patterns -- Development and evolution -- The origin of societies -- The origin of language.

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ISBN

  • 019850294X
  • 9780198502944