Microbial Phylogeny and Evolution: Concepts and Controversies
The birth of bacterial genomics since the mid-1990s brought withit several conceptual modifications and wholly new controversies. Working beyond the scope of the neo-Darwinian evolutionary synthesis, a group of leading microbial evolutionists addresses the following and related issues, often with markedly varied viewpoints:\ · Did the eukaryotic nucleus, cytoskeleton and cilia also orginate from symbiosis?\ · Do the current scenarios about he origin of mitochondria and plastids require...
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The birth of bacterial genomics since the mid-1990s brought withit several conceptual modifications and wholly new controversies. Working beyond the scope of the neo-Darwinian evolutionary synthesis, a group of leading microbial evolutionists addresses the following and related issues, often with markedly varied viewpoints:· Did the eukaryotic nucleus, cytoskeleton and cilia also orginate from symbiosis? · Do the current scenarios about he origin of mitochondria and plastids require revision? · What is the extent of lateral gene transfer (between "species") among bacteria? · Does the rDNA phylogenetic tree still stand in the age of genomics? · Is the course of the first 3 billion years of evolution even knowable?
Foreword1The bacterium's place in nature32The large-scale structure of the tree of life533The molecular phylogeny of bacteria based on conserved genes704Evolving biological organization995If the tree of life fell, would it make a sound?1196Woe is the tree of life1347The robustness of intermediary metabolism1548Molecular sequences and the early history of life1609Fulfilling Darwin's dream18410Paradigm lost20711Contemporary issues in mitochondrial origins and evolution22412On the origin and evolution of plastids23813The karyomastigont model of eukaryosis26114The missing piece : the microtubule cytoskeleton and the origin of eukaryotes28115Heritable microorganisms and reproductive parasitism290
