Cornish-Bowden, Athel,
Biochemical evolution : the pursuit of perfection / Athel Cornish-Bowden. - Second edition. - 1 online resource (xviii, 274 pages : illustrations.)
Revised edition of The pursuit of perfection : aspects of biochemical evolution / Athel Cornish-Bowden. 2004.
Some basic biochemistry -- The nuts and bolts of evolution -- Adaptation and accidents -- Metabolism and cells -- The games cells play -- The perfect molecule -- Fear of phantoms -- Living on a knife edge -- Brown eyes and blue -- An economy that works -- Failures of natural selection -- A small corner of the universe -- Aspects of cancer -- The meaning of life -- The age of endarkenment.
Biochemical Evolution: The Pursuit of Perfection, Second Edition by Athel Cornish-Bowden describes the relationship between biochemistry and evolutionary biology, arguing that each depends on the other to be properly understood. There are many aspects of evolution that make sense only in the light of biochemical knowledge, just as there are many as
9780429258800 (electronic bk) 0429258801 (electronic bk) 9781315453163 1315453169
40026929848
Molecular evolution.
Evolution (Biology)
MEDICAL / Biochemistry
SCIENCE / General
SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Evolution
QH325 / .C78 2016
572.8/38
Biochemical evolution : the pursuit of perfection / Athel Cornish-Bowden. - Second edition. - 1 online resource (xviii, 274 pages : illustrations.)
Revised edition of The pursuit of perfection : aspects of biochemical evolution / Athel Cornish-Bowden. 2004.
Some basic biochemistry -- The nuts and bolts of evolution -- Adaptation and accidents -- Metabolism and cells -- The games cells play -- The perfect molecule -- Fear of phantoms -- Living on a knife edge -- Brown eyes and blue -- An economy that works -- Failures of natural selection -- A small corner of the universe -- Aspects of cancer -- The meaning of life -- The age of endarkenment.
Biochemical Evolution: The Pursuit of Perfection, Second Edition by Athel Cornish-Bowden describes the relationship between biochemistry and evolutionary biology, arguing that each depends on the other to be properly understood. There are many aspects of evolution that make sense only in the light of biochemical knowledge, just as there are many as
9780429258800 (electronic bk) 0429258801 (electronic bk) 9781315453163 1315453169
40026929848
Molecular evolution.
Evolution (Biology)
MEDICAL / Biochemistry
SCIENCE / General
SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Evolution
QH325 / .C78 2016
572.8/38