Joshua Lederberg: Forward
1: Jan Sapp: The Bacterium's Place in Nature
2: Norman R. Pace: The Large Scale Structure of the Tree of
Life
3: Wolfgang Ludwig and Karl-Heinz Schleifer: The Molecular
Phylogeny of Bacteria Based on Conserved Genes
4: Carl Woese: Evolving Biological Organization
5: W. Ford Doolittle: If The Tree of Life Fell, Would it Make a
Sound?
6: William Martin: Woe is the Tree of Life
7: Harold J. Morowitz, Daniel Broyles, and Howard Lasus: The
Robustness of Intermediary Metabolism
8: Radhey Gupta: Molecular Sequences and the Early History of
Life
9: James Lake, Jonathan E. Moore, Anne Simonson, and Maria C.
Rivera: Fulfilling Darwin's Dream
10: C.G. Kurland: Paradigm Lost
11: Michael W. Gray: Contemporary Issues in Mitochondrial Origins
and Evolution
12: John M. Archibald and Patrick J. Keeling: On the Origin and
Evolution of Plastids
13: Hannah Melnitsky, Frederick A. Rainey, and Lynn Margulis: The
Karymastigont Model of Eukaryosis
14: Michael F. Dolan: The Missing Piece: The Microtubole
Cytoskeleton and the Origin of Eukaryotes
15: John H. Werren: Heritable Microorganisms and Reproductive
Parasitism
Index
Jay Sapp is Professor of History of the Biological Sciences, Department of Biology, York University.
"This book will leave readers in no doubt that there has never been
a more breathless and exciting time to be an evolutionary
biologist, and that microbes have rightfully taken center
stage."--Edward Feil, The Quarterly Review of Biology"
"This volume is timely, interesting, and important. Dr. Sapp has
gathered a group of authors that includies the best in the field of
microbial evolution. ... Any scientist interested in the origin and
evolution of prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells will want to peruse
this book."--Nicholas Gillham, J.B. Duke Professor of Biology
Emeritus, Duke University
"This book has two great advantages. First, it sets out why the
subject of bacterial evolution has become of central importance to
considerations of the origins of living organisms and of a variety
of their cell and molecular mechanisms. Second, it sets out the
contrasting viewpoints on the significance of recent research with
unique coherence. The 21st century will see the continuing
emergence of radical new ideas on the evolution and
interrelationships of
living organisms. No other book sets out the currect situation and
possible future developments so clearly and authoritatively."--Sir
David Smith, Professor Emeritus at the University of Oxford, Fellow
of
the Royal Society of London
"Microbial Phylogeny and Evolution: Concepts and Controversies" is
a fascinating read if you are interested in how science proceeds
and how the process is influenced by the personalities of the key
individuals in the field."--Systemic Biology
"This volume is timely, interesting, and important. Dr. Sapp has
gathered a group of authors that includies the best in the field of
microbial evolution. ... Any scientist interested in the origin and
evolution of prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells will want to peruse
this book."--Nicholas Gillham, J.B. Duke Professor of Biology
Emeritus, Duke University
"This book has two great advantages. First, it sets out why the
subject of bacterial evolution has become of central importance to
considerations of the origins of living organisms and of a variety
of their cell and molecular mechanisms. Second, it sets out the
contrasting viewpoints on the significance of recent research with
unique coherence. The 21st century will see the continuing
emergence of radical new ideas on the evolution and
interrelationships of
living organisms. No other book sets out the currect situation and
possible future developments so clearly and authoritatively."--Sir
David Smith, Professor Emeritus at the University of Oxford, Fellow
of
the Royal Society of London
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