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Symbiogenesis: A New Principle of Evolution

By Lynn Margulis , Boris Mikhaylovich Kozo-Polyansky , Victor Fet

Book information

Publisher
Harvard University Press
Year
2010
ISBN
0674050452, 9780674050457
LCC
QH378 .K6913 2010
Open Library ID
OL23918713M
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
4 MB (3735217 bytes)
Pages
240\240
Topic
Biology Biophysics
DPI
600
Orientation
yes
Paginated
no
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

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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