Biological Innovations that Built the World A Four-billion-year Journey through Life and Earth History /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Ligrone, Roberto (Συγγραφέας, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2019.
• Θέματα: Evolutionary biology.; Microbiology.; Geobiology.; Environmental sciences.; Evolutionary Biology.; Biogeosciences.; Environmental Science and Engineering.

The book is a detailed account of major biological events that contributed to create the present world and our species, with emphasis on cause-effect interrelationships and environmental impact. Its main goal is to guide the reader toward an understanding of the continuity of life across diversity,...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Chapter 1. Introduction
• Chapter 2. The Origins
• Chapter 3. The Birth of Life
• Chapter 4. Moving to the Light: The Evolution of Photosynthesis
• Chapter 5. The Great Oxygenation. - Chapter 6. Eukaryotes
• Chapter 7. Sexual Reproduction
• Chapter 8. Multicellularity
• Chapter 9. The Chloroplast and Photosynthetic Eukaryotes
• Chapter 10. The Animals
• Chapter 11. Land Plants
• Chapter 12. The Emergence of Humanity
• Chapter 13. Synopsis
• Chapter 14. Glossary
• Chapter 15. Analytic Index.