The Evolutionary Origins of Life and Death

发育生物学,古生物学

原   价:
295.00
售   价:
236.00
优惠
平台大促 低至8折优惠
发货周期:国外库房发货,通常付款后3-5周到货!
出  版 社
出版时间
2020年12月09日
装      帧
平装
ISBN
9780226747767
复制
页      码
232
开      本
9.02 x 5.98 x 0.50
语      种
英文
综合评分
暂无评分
我 要 买
- +
库存 50 本
  • 图书详情
  • 目次
  • 买家须知
  • 书评(0)
  • 权威书评(0)
图书简介
The question of why an individual would actively kill itself has long been an evolutionary mystery. Pierre M. Durand’s ambitious book answers this question through close inspection of life and death in the earliest cellular life. As Durand shows us, cell death is a fascinating lens through which to examine the interconnectedness, in evolutionary terms, of life and death. It is a truism to note that one does not exist without the other, but just how does this play out in evolutionary history?    These two processes have been studied from philosophical, theoretical, experimental, and genomic angles, but no one has yet integrated the information from these various disciplines. In this work, Durand synthesizes cellular studies of life and death looking at the origin of life and the evolutionary significance of programmed cellular death. The exciting and unexpected outcome of Durand’s analysis is the realization that life and death exhibit features of coevolution. The evolution of more complex cellular life depended on the coadaptation between traits that promote life and those that promote death. In an ironic twist, it becomes clear that, in many circumstances, programmed cell death is essential for sustaining life.
本书暂无推荐
本书暂无推荐
看了又看
  • 上一个
  • 下一个