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