Singularities Landmarks on the Pathways of Life

Name: Singularities Landmarks on the Pathways of Life
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ISBN: 9780521841955

ISBN-10: 052184195X

ISBN-13: 9780521841955

Edition: 2005

Authors: Christian de Duve

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Erwin Schrodinger's What is Life? published 60 years ago, influenced much of the development of molecular biology. In this new book Christian De Duve, Nobel Laureate and pioneer of modern cell biology, presents a contemporary response to this classic, providing a sophisticated consideration of the key steps or bottlenecks that constrain the origins and evolution of life. De Duve surveys the entire history of life, including insights into the conditions that may have led to its emergence. He uses as landmarks the many remarkable singularities along the way, such as the single ancestry of all living beings, the universal genetic code, and the monophyletic origin of eukaryotes. The book offers…

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List price: $89.99
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 10/24/2005
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 274
Size: 6.22" wide x 9.33" long x 0.79" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English




Building blocks



Homochirality



Protometabolism



ATP



Electrons and protons



Thioesters



RNA



Proteins



DNA



Membranes



Protonmotive force



Protometabolism revisited



The LUCA



The first fork



Eukaryotes



Oxygen



Endosymbionts



Multicellular organisms



Homo



Evolution revisited