The major transitions in evolution

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ISBN: 9780191586002 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 0191586005 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 019850294X
ISBN: 9780198502944
Physical Description: electronic resource
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1 online resource (xiv, 346 p.) : ill.
Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1997.

General Note:	CatBulkString:jan.10.13 Originally published: Oxford : W.H. Freeman/Spektrum, 1995. CatMonthString:jan.13 Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [311]-333) and indexes.
Formatted Contents Note:	Introduction -- What is life? -- Chemical evolution -- The evolution of templates -- The chicken and egg problem -- The origin of translation and the genetic code -- The origin of protocells -- The origin of eukaryotes -- The origin of sex and the nature of species -- Intragenomic conflict -- Symbiosis -- Development of simple organisms -- Gene regulation and cell heredity -- The development of spatial patterns -- Development and evolution -- The origin of societies -- The origin of language.
Source of Description Note:	Description based on print version record.