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Evolution of Life

Fossils, Molecules and Culture

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  • © 1991

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Editors:
  1. Syozo Osawa

    1. Department of Biology, Nagoya University, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, Japan

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  2. Tasuku Honjo

    1. Department of Medical Chemistry, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan

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Table of contents (29 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XIII
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  2. Bio-Geo Interacting Systems

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Fossils and Evolution

      • Philip D. Gingerich
      Pages 3-20

    3. Biological Extinction in Terms of Overadaptation

      • Takashi Hamada
      Pages 21-25

    4. Revolutions and Colonizations in the History of Life

      • Beverly Halstead
      Pages 27-48

  3. Evolution of Biological Information

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 49-49
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    2. The Genomic Tag Model for the Origin of Protein Synthesis

      • Alan M. Weiner, Nancy Maizels
      Pages 51-66

    3. Neutral Evolution

      • Motoo Kimura
      Pages 67-78

    4. Recent Evidence for Evolution of the Genetic Code

      • Thomas H. Jukes, Syozo Osawa
      Pages 79-95

    5. The Grammatical Rule of DNA Language

      • Susumu Ohno
      Pages 97-108

    6. Module Organization in Proteins and Exon Shuffling

      • Mitiko Gō
      Pages 109-122

    7. Molecular Evolution and the Immunoglobulin Gene Superfamily

      • Leory Hood, Tim Hunkapiller
      Pages 123-143

    8. Evolution of the Multigene Family

      • Tomoko Ohta
      Pages 145-159

    9. Evolution of a Urea Cycle Enzyme to δ-Crystallin

      • Masataka Mori, Tadashi Matsubasa, Yoshihiro Amaya, Masaki Takiguchi
      Pages 161-173

    10. Evolution of Repetitive Sequences

      • Norihiro Okada, Mitsuko Aono, Hiroshi Endoh, Yukiharu Kido, Ryuta Koishi, Ken-Ichi Matsumoto et al.
      Pages 175-186

    11. Evolution of Organellar Genomes

      • Kanji Ohyama, Yutaka Ogura, Kenji Oda, Katsuyuki Yamato, Ehji Ohta, Yasukazu Nakamura et al.
      Pages 187-198

  4. Diversification of Organisms

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 199-199
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    2. Mechanisms of Speciation: A Review

      • William B. Provine
      Pages 201-214

    3. Comparing Life Histories

      • Paul H. Harvey
      Pages 215-228

    4. The Seething Genetics of Health and the Evolution of Sex

      • William D. Hamilton
      Pages 229-251
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About this book

Nearly thirty million species of organisms are believed to now live on Earth. In addition to accumulating evidence from classical biology, paleontology and earth science, the recent progress of molecular biology has provided new insights into understanding how present-day organisms have evolved with such tremendous diversity. Molecular biological studies show us that all living forms, including E. coli and human beings, derive from a single ancestor that emerged some 4 billion years ago on Earth. This volume aims to discuss the motifs of organismic evolution from the viewpoints of biogeo-interactions and diversification of the genetic systems. Based on these fundamental understandings, the last section of this volume is devoted to human evolution that includes phylogeny of man as well as evolution of human culture. Such comprehensive discussion will give us a synthesized view of the evolution of life, that is undoubtedly one of the most important problems not only for science but also for human culture in general.     

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Biology, Nagoya University, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, Japan

    Syozo Osawa

  • Department of Medical Chemistry, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan

    Tasuku Honjo

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Evolution of Life

  • Book Subtitle: Fossils, Molecules and Culture

  • Editors: Syozo Osawa, Tasuku Honjo

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-68302-5

  • Publisher: Springer Tokyo

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Tokyo 1991

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-4-431-70064-7Published: 08 May 1991

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-4-431-68304-9Published: 20 January 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-4-431-68302-5Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 460

  • Topics: Zoology

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