Kin : how we came to know our microbe relatives / John L. Ingraham.

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Ingraham, John L. [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2017.
Description
x, 292 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

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    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.
    Bibliographic references
    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.
    ISBN
    • 9780674660403 ((alk. paper))
    • 0674660404
    LCCN
    2016037619
    OCLC
    957339669
    Other standard number
    • 40027090733
    • 40027108240
    • 13193693
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