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Evolution of Microbial Life

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ISBN-10: 0521564328

ISBN-13: 9780521564328

Edition: 1996

Authors: D. McL. Roberts, P. Sharp, G. Alderson, M. Collins

List price: $183.00
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Description:

It is now well accepted that microbial life followed very quickly after the formation of liquid water on the early earth, and that for the next 3000 million years, life was a unicellular phenomenon. This book reviews current views of this evolution.
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Book details

List price: $183.00
Copyright year: 1996
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 11/13/1996
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 313
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.430
Language: English

Preface
Introduction and overview
Evidence of early life
The diversity of life
The common ancestor
Organellar evolution
Relationships between viruses
Evolution of Hepatitis
Eukaryotic molecular diversity
Anaerobic physiology
Evolutionary trends in the fungi
Symbiosis
The evolution of metabolic pathways
Horizontal transfer
Index