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Symbiosis, lateral function transfer and the (many) saplings of life

Symbiosis, lateral function transfer and the (many) saplings of life

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Symbiosis, lateral function transfer and the (many) saplings of life

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Symbiosis, lateral function transfer and the (many) saplings of life

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Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands

Journal title

Biology & philosophy, 2010-09, Vol.25 (4), p.623-641

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English

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Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands

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Contents

One of intuitions driving the acceptance of a neat structured tree of life is the assumption that organisms and the lineages they form have somewhat stable spatial and temporal boundaries. The phenomenon of symbiosis shows us that such ‘fixist’ assumptions does not correspond to how the natural world actually works. The implications of lateral gene...

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Symbiosis, lateral function transfer and the (many) saplings of life

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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1787983187

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1787983187

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ISSN

0169-3867

E-ISSN

1572-8404

DOI

10.1007/s10539-010-9209-3

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