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Author Ingraham, John L., author.

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

Publication Info. Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2017.

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 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  579.138 In4k 2017    ---  Available
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Description x, 292 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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Summary 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.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents 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 neighbors -- 7. Can the receiving cell just say no? -- 8. Can the tree be trusted? -- Part Three. Understanding the tree of life -- 9. The tree's Ecological Fruit -- 10. The tree's beginnings.
Subject Microorganisms -- Evolution.
Bacteria -- Evolution.
Evolution (Biology)
Life -- Origin.
Genetics, Microbial. (DNLM)D005827
Evolution, Molecular. (DNLM)D019143
Microbiological Phenomena. (DNLM)D008827
Bacteria -- Evolution. (OCoLC)fst00825159
Evolution (Biology) (OCoLC)fst00917302
Life -- Origin. (OCoLC)fst00998169
Microorganisms -- Evolution. (OCoLC)fst01019955
ISBN 9780674660403 (alk. paper)
0674660404

 
    
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