Oxygen  -  Nick Lane

The Molecule that Made the World (Popular Science)

KORTE INHOUD

In Oxygen, Nick Lane takes the reader on an enthralling journey as he unravels the unexpected ways in which oxygen spurred the evolution of life and death. He shows how oxygen underpins the origin of biological complexity, the birth of photosynthesis, the sudden evolution of animals, the need for two sexes, the accelerated aging of cloned animals like Dolly the sheep, and the surprisingly long lives of bats and birds. Drawing on this grand evolutionary canvas, Oxygen offers fresh perspectives on our own liv...
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2004 Uitgever: Oxford University Press Usa 384 paginas Taal: Engels ISBN-10: 0198607830 ISBN-13: 9780198607830