Acquiring Genomes: A Theory of the Origins of Species

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Acquiring Genomes: A Theory of the Origins of Species is a scientific book by Lynn Margulis that advances the idea that symbiosis and the merging of genomes are central drivers of evolutionary innovation and the formation of new species.

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instanceOf book
non-fiction book
scientific book
author Dorion Sagan
Lynn Margulis
challenges strictly gene-centered views of evolution
the idea that mutation and selection alone explain major evolutionary innovations
coAuthor Dorion Sagan
countryOfPublication United States
emphasizes the evolutionary importance of microbial symbioses
the role of horizontal gene transfer in evolution
field biology
evolutionary theory
genre evolutionary biology
science
hasForm hardcover
paperback
print
hasPerspective symbiogenetic view of evolution
influencedBy Lynn Margulis's work on endosymbiosis
intendedAudience evolutionary biologists
scientifically literate general readers
students of biology
language English
mainSubject evolution
genome evolution
speciation
symbiogenesis
symbiosis
proposes that new species can arise through genome acquisition from symbiotic partners
that symbiosis is a central driver of evolutionary innovation
that the merging of genomes is a major mechanism of speciation
publicationYear 2002
publisher Basic Books
relatedWork Microcosmos
Symbiosis in Cell Evolution
supportsTheory endosymbiotic theory
title Acquiring Genomes: A Theory of the Origins of Species

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Dorion Sagan
Lynn Margulis
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Acquiring Genomes: A Theory of the Origins of Species
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