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Biochemical evolution : the pursuit of perfection / Athel Cornish-Bowden.

By: Cornish-Bowden, Athel [author.].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: New York : Garland Science, Taylor & Francis Group, [2016]Edition: Second edition.Description: 1 online resource (xviii, 274 pages : illustrations.).Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780429258800 (electronic bk); 0429258801 (electronic bk); 9781315453163; 1315453169.Uniform titles: Pursuit of perfection Subject(s): Molecular evolution | Evolution (Biology) | MEDICAL / Biochemistry | SCIENCE / General | SCIENCE / Life Sciences / EvolutionDDC classification: 572.8/38 Online resources: Taylor & Francis | OCLC metadata license agreement
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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
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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

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