The major transitions in evolution /
Smith, John Maynard.
The major transitions in evolution / John Maynard Smith and E�ors Szathm�ary. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1997. - xiv, 346 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes index. Originally published: Oxford : W.H. Freeman/Spektrum, 1995.
Includes bibliographical references.
What is life? -- Chemical evolution -- The evolution of templates -- The chicken and egg problem -- The origin of translation and the genetic code -- The origin of protocells -- The origin of eukaryotes -- The origin of sex and the nature of species -- Intragenomic conflict -- Symbiosis -- Development of simple organisms -- Gene regulation and cell heredity -- The development of spatial patterns -- Development and evolution -- The origin of societies -- The origin of language.
019850294X (pbk.)
Evolution (Biology)
Genetic transformation.
Natural selection.
The major transitions in evolution / John Maynard Smith and E�ors Szathm�ary. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1997. - xiv, 346 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes index. Originally published: Oxford : W.H. Freeman/Spektrum, 1995.
Includes bibliographical references.
What is life? -- Chemical evolution -- The evolution of templates -- The chicken and egg problem -- The origin of translation and the genetic code -- The origin of protocells -- The origin of eukaryotes -- The origin of sex and the nature of species -- Intragenomic conflict -- Symbiosis -- Development of simple organisms -- Gene regulation and cell heredity -- The development of spatial patterns -- Development and evolution -- The origin of societies -- The origin of language.
019850294X (pbk.)
Evolution (Biology)
Genetic transformation.
Natural selection.