The major transitions in evolution
著者
書誌事項
The major transitions in evolution
W.H. Freeman Spektrum, c1995
大学図書館所蔵 全7件
注記
Includes bibliographical references (p. [311]-333) and indexes
内容説明・目次
内容説明
During evolution there have been major changes in the way genetic information is transmitted from one generation to the next. This book discusses these transitions. The authors highlight the similarities between different transitions - for example, between the union of replicating molecules to form chromosomes and of cells to form multicellular organisms. The authors also show how an understanding of one transition sheds light on others. A common theme in the book is that entities that could replicate independently before the transition can replicate afterwards only as part of a larger whole. Why, then, does selection between entities at the lower level not disrupt selection at the higher level? In answering this question, the authors offer an explanation for the evolution of co-operation at all levels of complexity.
目次
- What is life?
- chemical evolution
- the evolution of templates
- the chicken and egg problem
- the origin of transition and the genetic code
- the origin of protocells
- the origin of the eukaryotes
- the origin of sex and the nature of species
- intragenomic conflict
- symbiosis
- development in simple organisms
- gene regulation and cell heredity
- the development of spatial patterns
- development and evolution
- the origins of societies
- the origins of language.
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