Symbiogenesis : a new principle of evolution

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    • Козо-Полянский, Борис Михайлович
    • Fet, Victor

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Symbiogenesis : a new principle of evolution

Boris Mikhaylovich Kozo-Polyansky ; translated from Russian by Victor Fet ; edited by Victor Fet and Lynn Margulis

Harvard University Press, 2010

Other Title

Новый принцип биологии : Очерк теории симбиогенеза

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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More than eighty years ago, before we knew much about the structure of cells, Russian botanist Boris Kozo-Polyansky brilliantly outlined the concept of symbiogenesis, the symbiotic origin of cells with nuclei. It was a half-century later, only when experimental approaches that Kozo-Polyansky lacked were applied to his hypotheses, that scientists began to accept his view that symbiogenesis could be united with Darwin's concept of natural selection to explain the evolution of life. After decades of neglect, ridicule, and intellectual abuse, Kozo-Polyansky's ideas are now endorsed by virtually all biologists. Kozo-Polyansky's seminal work is presented here for the first time in an outstanding annotated translation, updated with commentaries, references, and modern micrographs of symbiotic phenomena.

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  • NCID
    BB05931207
  • ISBN
    • 9780674050457
  • LCCN
    2009041101
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Original Language Code
    rus
  • Place of Publication
    Cambridge, Mass.
  • Pages/Volumes
    xxxv, 198 p.
  • Size
    25 cm
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