The Tangled Tree
Autor: | Quammen, David |
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EAN: | 9781476776637 |
Sachgruppe: | Biologie |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Seitenzahl: | 480 |
Produktart: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Veröffentlichungsdatum: | 06.08.2019 |
Untertitel: | A Radical New History of Life |
Schlagworte: | Science |
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"In the mid-1970s, scientists began using DNA sequences to reexamine the history of all life. Perhaps the most startling discovery to come out of this new field -- the study of life's diversity and relatedness at the molecular level -- is horizontal gene transfer (HGT), or the movement of genes across species lines. It turns out that HGT has been widespread and important; we now know that roughly eight percent of the human genome arrived sideways by viral infection--a type of HGT."--Provided by publisher.