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Kin : how we came to know our microbe relatives / John L. Ingraham.
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Ingraham, John L.
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English
Published/Created
Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2017.
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x, 292 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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QR13 .I547 2017
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Microorganisms
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Evolution
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Bacteria
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Evolution
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Evolution (Biology)
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Life
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Origin
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Microbial genetics
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Molecular evolution
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Summary note
By unlocking the evolutionary information contained in cells, biologists have been able to construct the Tree of Life and show that its three main stems are dominated by microbes. Plants and animals constitute a small upper branch in one stem. Soon we may know how life began over 3.5 billion years ago. John Ingraham tells this story of discovery.-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction
Part One. Discovering the tree of life
1. The tree's microbial branches
2. Relationships among organisms
3. Enter DNA
4. The Rosetta Stone
5. From the tree's roots to its branches
Part Two. Doubts and complications
6. Genes from neighbor
7. Can the receiving cell just say no?
8. Can the tree be trusted?
Part Three. Understanding the tree of life
9. Low-hanging ecological fruit
10. The tree's beginnings.
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ISBN
9780674660403 ((alk. paper))
0674660404
LCCN
2016037619
OCLC
957339669
Other standard number
40027090733
40027108240
13193693
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