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Genesis: The Evolution of Biology » (1st Edition)
Authors: Jan Sapp
ISBN-13: 9780195156195, ISBN-10: 0195156196
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: May 2003
Edition: 1st Edition
Author Biography: Jan Sapp
Universite du Quebec a Montreal
Book Synopsis
Sapp (history of biology, Université du Québec à Montréal and biology, York U., Toronto) offers a short history, philosophical exploration, and social study of biology from the earliest thinkers such as Lamarck and the genesis of Darwin's theory of natural selection through the scientific thinking leading to the discovery of DNA and the development of the Human Genome Project. Annotation ©2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Table of Contents
| Pt. I | Evolution and Morphology | |
| 1 | Evolution and Revolution | 3 |
| 2 | The Origin | 16 |
| 3 | Darwin's Champions | 31 |
| 4 | Darwinism and Sociopolitical Thought | 43 |
| 5 | Mutualism | 55 |
| 6 | Dissent from Darwin | 63 |
| Pt. II | The Cell in Development and Heredity | |
| 7 | The Myth of the Cell Theory | 75 |
| 8 | The Body Politic | 82 |
| 9 | Evolving Embryology | 95 |
| 10 | The Egg | 103 |
| Pt. III | Genetics and the Classical Synthesis | |
| 11 | Mendel Palimpsest | 117 |
| 12 | Emerging Genetics | 130 |
| 13 | Darwinian Renaissance | 143 |
| 14 | Genes, Germs, and Enzymes | 157 |
| 15 | Genetic Heresy and the Cold War | 171 |
| Pt. IV | Molecular Biology and Organismic Complexity | |
| 16 | Conceiving a Master Molecule | 187 |
| 17 | Beyond the Genome | 201 |
| 18 | Molecular Evolution and Microbial Phylogeny | 217 |
| 19 | Symbiomics | 234 |
| 20 | The Evolution of Relationships | 252 |
| Epilogue | 267 | |
| Notes | 273 | |
| Index | 347 |
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