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In Search of Cell History：The Evolution of Life's Building Blocks

内容简介

Theoriginofcellsremainsoneofthemostfundamentalproblemsinbiology,onethatoverthepasttwodecadeshasspawnedalargebodyofresearchanddebate.WithInSearchofCellHistory,FranklinM.Haroldoffersacomprehensive,impartialtakeonthatresearchandthecontroversiesthatkeepthefieldinturmoil.Writteninaccessiblelanguageandcomplementedbyaglossaryforeasyreference,thisbookinvestigatesthefullscopeofcellularhistory.Assumingonlyabasicknowledgeofcellbiology,Haroldexaminessuchpivotalsubjectsastherelationshipbetweencellsandgenes;thecentralroleofbioenergeticsintheoriginoflife;thestatusoftheuniversaltreeoflifewithitsthreestemsandviraloutliers;andthecontroversiessurroundingthelastuniversalcommonancestor.Healsodelvesdeeplyintotheevolutionofcellularorganization,theoriginofcomplexcells,andtheincorporationofsymbioticorganelles,andconsidersthefossilevidencefortheearliestlifeonearth.InSearchofCellHistoryshowsusjusthowfarwehavecomeinunderstandingcellevolution—andtheevolutionoflifeingeneral—andhowfarwestillhavetogo.

作者简介

FranklinM.HaroldwasborninGermany,grewupintheMiddleEast,andbecameascientistattheCityCollegeofNewYorkandtheUniversityofCalifornia,Berkeley.Hisprofessionalcareerspansfortyyearsofresearchandteaching,mostlyinColorado.HeisprofessoremeritusofbiochemistryatColoradoStateUniversityandaffiliateprofessorofmicrobiologyattheUniversityofWashington.Harold’sinterestsincludethephysiology,energetics,andmorphogenesisofmicroorganisms,withacontinuinginterestinevolution.HeisamemberoftheAmericanAcademyofMicrobiology.HaroldisalsotheauthorofTheVitalForce:AStudyofBioenergeticsandTheWayoftheCell:Molecules,Organisms,andtheOrderofLife.

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