About this title: From one of the great iconoclasts of modern biology, a groundbreaking work that sets out, for lay and scientific readers alike, a new theory of the origins of species How do new species evolve? Although Darwin identified inherited variation as the creative force in evolution - the raw source for the origin of new species - he never figured out where it comes from. His successors, known as neo-Darwinists, thought they had discovered the answer when they merged evolutionary theory with modern genetics: new species arise from the gradual accumulation of random mutations of DNA. But despite its ...
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Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Basic Books
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780465043910ISBN:0465043917
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Basic Books
Date Published: 2002-06-15
ISBN-13:9780465043910ISBN:0465043917
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Edition: First edition. Illustrated.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Perseus Books Group
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780465043910ISBN:0465043917
Description: Good in very good dust jacket. There is a light smudge mark on the outer edge, otherwise the book is in very nice condition. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 240 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Description: New in no jacket. pp. 240. How do species originate? This groundbreaking book presents an answer to the one enduring mystery of evolution that Darwin never solved: the source of the inherited variation that gives rise to new species. Random mutation, claimed to be the main source of genetic variation, is of only limited importance. Much more significant is the acquisition & integration of new genomes by symbiotic merger. The result of 30 years of delving into a vast arcane literature, this is ... read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Basic Books
Date Published: 2003-06-10
ISBN-13:9780465043927ISBN:0465043925
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Basic Books
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780465043927ISBN:0465043925
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Basic Books
Date Published: 2002-06-15
ISBN-13:9780465043910ISBN:0465043917
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Description: Very Good. Mylar protected jacket. Ex-library. Fine except for BEP has been torn away to remove library pouch. A theory of the Origins of Species. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Basic Books
Date Published: 2002-06-15
ISBN-13:9780465043910ISBN:0465043917
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Basic Books
Date Published: 2002-06-15
ISBN-13:9780465043910ISBN:0465043917
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"A fairly revolutionary refutation of neodarwinism (and its principle of blind chance supposedly generating mutations sufficient to create the incredible complexity of existing life-forms); along with a new theory of symbiosis combined with evolutionary leaps through microbial hybridization (rather than neodarwinian gradualism.)"
"I would like to develop my background in biology and reread this book.
I like to know that people are exploring the assumed "randomness" in evolutionary arguments.
It seems that Margulis provides evidence that micro-organisms play a great role as a mechanism for evolution, however, she does not offer an example of observed speciation by genome transfer (I may have missed something, and if somebody could direct me to an example ).
Cons: Constant denunciation of the neodarwinist made the authors' seem trifling."
"A must-read if you are interested in moving beyond a neodarwinian view of evolution, in which random mutation is purported to lead to all sorts of miracle lifeforms. These iconoclastic authors present what seems plausible evidence from a scientific viewpoint for alternate mechanisms of the advent of new species. Absolutely fascinating."
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