The tangled tree: a radical new history of life
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New York, NY : Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, 2019.
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Book
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First Simon & Schuster paperback edition.
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xviii, 461 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
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"In the mid-1970s, scientists began using DNA sequences to reexamine the history of all life. Perhaps the most startling discovery to come out of this new field -- the study of life's diversity and relatedness at the molecular level -- is horizontal gene transfer (HGT), or the movement of genes across species lines. It turns out that HGT has been widespread and important; we now know that roughly eight percent of the human genome arrived sideways by viral infection--a type of HGT."--Amazon.com.
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Quammen, D. (2019). The tangled tree: a radical new history of life. First Simon & Schuster paperback edition. Simon & Schuster Paperbacks.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Quammen, David, 1948-. 2019. The Tangled Tree: A Radical New History of Life. Simon & Schuster Paperbacks.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Quammen, David, 1948-, The Tangled Tree: A Radical New History of Life. Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, 2019.
MLA Citation (style guide)Quammen, David. The Tangled Tree: A Radical New History of Life. First Simon & Schuster paperback edition. Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, 2019.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 391-439) and index.
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"In the mid-1970s, scientists began using DNA sequences to reexamine the history of all life. Perhaps the most startling discovery to come out of this new field -- the study of life's diversity and relatedness at the molecular level -- is horizontal gene transfer (HGT), or the movement of genes across species lines. It turns out that HGT has been widespread and important; we now know that roughly eight percent of the human genome arrived sideways by viral infection--a type of HGT."--Amazon.com.
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