1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 SYMBIOSIS AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE IN MODERN BIOLOGY Symbiosis is an association between two or more different species of organisms . The association may be permanent , the organisms never being separated , or it may be ...
These original contributions by symbiosis biologists and evolutionary theorists address the adequacy of the prevailing neo-Darwinian concept of evolution in the light of growing evidence that hereditary symbiosis, supplemented by the ...
Scientist Philip DeVries discovered that caterpillars of a tropical butterfly, Thisbe irenea, have tiny sound-producing organs. DeVries put a very small but powerful microphone in front of one of these caterpillars and recorded a ...
In telling the exciting story of an evolutionary biology tradition that has effectively challenged many key tenets of classical neo-Darwinism, Sapp sheds light on the phenomena, movements, doctrines, and controversies that have shaped ...
1.3 Definitions of Symbiosis 1.3.1 Symbiosis As Any Association The term symbiosis was coined originally by Anton de Bary in 1879 to mean any association between different species, with the implication that the organisms are in ...
This volume presents a comprehensive overview of the latest developments in symbiosis research.
Alongside him, illustrator Dragan Kordic skillfully brings to life head-scratching relationships in nature, including: • The crab that wears a sea urchin as a hat • The bat that goes to bed inside a plant • The warthog that likes a ...
Symbiosis is the fourth volume in the series Cellular Origin and Life in Extreme Habitats (COLE). Fifty experts, from over a dozen countries, review their current studies on different approaches to these phenomena.
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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.