Symbiogenesis
A New Principle of Evolution
1st Edition
Published on 1. June 2010
239 pages
978-0-674-05658-9 (ISBN)
Description
More than eighty years ago, before we knew much about the structure of cells, Russian botanist Boris Kozo-Polyansky brilliantly outlined the concept of symbiogenesis, the symbiotic origin of cells with nuclei. It was a half-century later, only when experimental approaches that Kozo-Polyansky lacked were applied to his hypotheses, that scientists began to accept his view that symbiogenesis could be united with Darwin's concept of natural selection to explain the evolution of life. After decades of neglect, ridicule, and intellectual abuse, Kozo-Polyansky's ideas are now endorsed by virtually all biologists.Kozo-Polyansky's seminal work is presented here for the first time in an outstanding annotated translation, updated with commentaries, references, and modern micrographs of symbiotic phenomena.
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Content
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- The Importance of B. M. Kozo- Polyansky's Work for Modern Science
- Introduction
- Note to the Reader
- Kozo- Polyansky's Life
- Acknowledgments
- Original Russian book title page
- Modern status of Kozo-Polyansky's view of the net of life: Symbiogenesis refi ned by Darwin-Wallace "natural selection"
- Preface
- Chapter I. Noncellular Organisms (Cytodes) and Bioblasts [Prokaryotes]
- 1. Bacterial Bioblasts
- 2. Cyanophyceae, or Blue- Green Algal Bioblasts
- 3. Symbiosis among Cytodes
- 4. Symbiosis of Cytodes with Unicellular Organisms [Protoctists]
- 5. Symbiosis of Cytodes with Multicellular Organisms [Animals, Plants, Fungi]
- 6. Cytodes [Prokaryotes] as Ancestors
- Chapter II. The Cell and Its Organelles
- 1. Chlorophyll Organelles and Other Plastids
- 2. Centrosomes
- 3. Nuclei
- 4. Mitochondria
- 5. Ergastoplasm [Endoplasmic Reticulum]
- 6. Golgi Apparatus
- 7. Nerve Fibrils of Ne?mec
- 8. Physodes [of Brown Algae]
- 9. Myofibrils (Contractile Fibers)
- 10. Blepharoplasts [Cytoplasmic Bodies Th at Bear an Undulipodium]
- 11. Elaioplasts [Oil Bodies in Monocots]
- 12. Aleurone [Proteinaceous Granules of Seeds]
- 13. Cytoplasm [Liquid Homogeneous Substance Th at Contains Once- Autonomous Organisms]
- Chapter III. Multicellular Organisms
- A. First Series of Examples
- B. Second Series of Examples [Plants]
- C. Third Series of Examples [Animals]
- D. Other Tissues and Organs
- Chapter IV. The Philosophy of Symbiogenesis
- 1. The [Nucleated] Cell
- 2. Organisms as Consortia
- 3. Inherited Variation
- 4. Heredity
- 5. Natural Selection and the Struggle for Existence
- 6. Symbiogenesis as Evidence for Evolution
- 7. "Missing Links"
- 8. Genealogical Relations: [Anastomoses of Family Tree Branches]
- 9. Issues in Evolution
- 10. A Program for Biology
- Chapter V. History of Symbiogenesis Theory
- References to Kozo- Polyansky's Text
- Kozo- Polyansky's Taxa
- Editors' Commentary
- Commentary References
- Modern Classifi cation of Life (Most Inclusive "Higher" Taxa)
- Glossary
- Index
