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Concepts of Symbiogenesis: A Historical and Critical Study of the Research of Russian Botanists (Bio-Origins Series)

By Liya Nikolaevna Khakhina , Donna Mehos

Book information

Publisher
Yale University Press
Year
1992
ISBN
0300048165, 9780300048162
LCC
QH378 .K4313 1992
Open Library ID
OL10318044M
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
2 MB (2576532 bytes)
Series
Bio-origins
Edition
First Edition
Pages
208\208
Topic
History
DPI
600
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

"Symbiogenesis", a term first coined by the Russian botanist K.S. Merezhkovsky in the late 19th century, is the evolution of new life forms, from the physical union of different, once-independent partners. In this book Liya Khakhina traces the development of the concept in Russian and Soviety scientific literature, reviewing the contributions of Merezhkovsky, A.S. Famintsyn, B.M. Kozo-Polyansky and other prominent Russian scientists, to theories of symbiosis in evolution. This book provides further information to English-speaking scientists on the history of the early development of symbiosis theory. The editors have written an introduction to Khakhina's book (published in the Soviet Union in 1979) and have also included an appendix by Donna Mehos about the American anatomist Ivan E. Wallin, whose theory of symbionticism - species origin by the acquisition of microbial symbionts - resembled the theories of the Russians.

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