The Plausibility of Life: Resolving Darwin's Dilemma »

Marc W. Kirschner is professor and chair, Department of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School. John C. Gerhart is professor in the Graduate School, University of California, Berkeley.

Two eminent biologists tackle and provide exhilarating new answers to what they argue is the central, unresolved question of evolution

Contents

Preface....................ix
INTRODUCTION A Clock on the Heath....................1
ONE The Sources of Variation....................10
TWO Conserved Cells, Divergent Organisms....................38
THREE Physiological Adaptability and Evolution....................71
FOUR Weak Regulatory Linkage....................109
FIVE Exploratory Behavior....................143
SIX Invisible Anatomy....................177
SEVEN Facilitated Variation....................219
EIGHT Is Life Plausible?....................244
Glossary....................275
Notes....................293
Index....................303