Origins Of Sex: Three Billion Years Of Genetic Recombination
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Long before flowers bloomed or animals roamed the Earth, life had already mastered one of its most powerful innovations — sex. Origins of Sex: Three Billion Years of Genetic Recombination chronicles the ancient and astonishing history of sexual reproduction, tracing its origins back to the primordial microbial world and illuminating how genetic recombination became the engine of biological diversity. Lynn Margulis and Dorion Sagan argue that sex is not merely a reproductive strategy but a deep evolutionary imperative, one that has shaped the trajectory of all life on Earth over three billion years. Drawing on microbiology, evolutionary theory, and the history of science, the authors present a sweeping and intellectually rigorous narrative that challenges conventional assumptions about the role of sex in evolution. Margulis — celebrated for her revolutionary endosymbiotic theory — and Sagan bring their characteristic blend of scientific precision and accessible prose to bear on a subject that is at once intimate and cosmic. Their work leaves the reader with an unsettling and exhilarating question: if sex has been fundamental to life for three billion years, what does that reveal about the nature of life itself?
Author: Lynn Margulis & Dorion Sagan
Format: Paperback
Published: 1986, Yale University Press
Genre: Biology
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: No dust jacket. Page Condition: Good. Markings: previous owner. Binding condition: Good.
Long before flowers bloomed or animals roamed the Earth, life had already mastered one of its most powerful innovations — sex. Origins of Sex: Three Billion Years of Genetic Recombination chronicles the ancient and astonishing history of sexual reproduction, tracing its origins back to the primordial microbial world and illuminating how genetic recombination became the engine of biological diversity. Lynn Margulis and Dorion Sagan argue that sex is not merely a reproductive strategy but a deep evolutionary imperative, one that has shaped the trajectory of all life on Earth over three billion years. Drawing on microbiology, evolutionary theory, and the history of science, the authors present a sweeping and intellectually rigorous narrative that challenges conventional assumptions about the role of sex in evolution. Margulis — celebrated for her revolutionary endosymbiotic theory — and Sagan bring their characteristic blend of scientific precision and accessible prose to bear on a subject that is at once intimate and cosmic. Their work leaves the reader with an unsettling and exhilarating question: if sex has been fundamental to life for three billion years, what does that reveal about the nature of life itself?