Origin and Early Evolution of Life

Tom Fenchel

180 pages, parution le 30/01/2003

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Résumé

How life began remains perhaps the most fascinating unresolved scientific problem facing us today. This book provides a broad academic overview (and therefore a useful summary) of our current understanding of the origin and early evolution of life. Drawing on evidence from biology, chemistry and geology, it emphasizes limitations in our understanding and takes a critical attitude towards pseudo-scientific approaches.

Readership: Professional researchers and students in biology and geology; educated lay readers with some background in science

Contents

Introduction
The Geological Time Frame
Early Ideas on the Origin of Life
What is Life?
Origin of Life
From the RNA-World to the First Cell
The Evolution of Metabolism
The Eukaryotic Cell
Multicellular Organisms - Origins as Cell Colonies
Sex, Species Concepts, and Evolution
Our Anaerobic Inheritance
The Molecular Tree
Evidence from Geology
Transitions During the Evolution of Life

L'auteur - Tom Fenchel

Marine Biological Laboratory, University of Copenhagen, Helsingor, Denmark

Caractéristiques techniques

	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Oxford University Press
Auteur(s)	Tom Fenchel
Parution	30/01/2003
Nb. de pages	180
Format	15,5 x 23,5
Couverture	Broché
Poids	346g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780198525332
ISBN13	978-0-19-852533-2