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BL
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712025
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b534214
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Maynard Smith, John,1920-
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| Title & Author
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The major transitions in evolution /\ John Maynard Smith and Ers Szathmry.
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| Publication Statement
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Oxford ;New York :: Oxford University Press,, 1997.
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xiv, 346 p. :: ill. ;; 24 cm.
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019850294X
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: 9780198502944
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| Notes
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Originally published: Oxford : W.H. Freeman/Spektrum, 1995.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [311]-333) and indexes.
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| Contents
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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.
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Evolution (Biology)
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Genetic transformation.
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Natural selection.
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