Symbiosis in Cell Evolution: Microbial Communities in the Archean and Proterozoic Eons

ISBN-10: 0716770288
ISBN-13: 9780716770282
Category: Cells
Pages: 452
Language: English
Published: 1993
Publisher: W H Freeman & Company
Author: Lynn Margulis

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The monograph examines the evolution of microorganisms and the importance of symbiosis as a mechanism of evolution. Initial chapters discuss serial endosymbiosis theory, diversity, and cell evolution in perspective. The period from prebiotic times through the development of symbiosis is examined in chapters about the Earth before cells, evolution before oxygen, atmospheric oxygen from photosynthesis, and symbiogenesis. Symbiotic evolution is examined in chapters about nuclei, mitosis, and undulipodia; undulipodia from spirochetes; mitochondria; and plastids. The work is summarized with a look at consequences of these theories in the Phanerozoic era.

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