Epigenetic Processes and Evolution of Life

ISBN-13: 9780367780524 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 230 str.

Jana Svorcová; Anton Markos

Opis

This book covers the possible story of emergence of life and its subsequent evolution, emphasizing the necessary evolutionary step – negotiation of a common “language set” which kept all inhabitants in biosphere together, ensuring a basic level of understanding among them.

Recenzje

"Markoš and Švorcová (Charles Univ., Czech Republic) offer a highly engaging exploration of phenotypic and developmental patterns across diverse biological lineages. The volume's extensive sets of citations will be useful for readers who wish to read more about specific biological examples".

Spis treści

Introduction

The Manifold of Prebiotic Evolution

Preconditions

Metabolism First

Replicators’ – Code first

Life from Nonlife: Establishing Rules and Codes

Proteins

‘Universal Cell’

Life Is

Pillars and itinerary of the biosphere

Biospheric games

Towards a New Manifold: The Biosphere

Dating Life’s Appearance

Origins: Biosphere LUCA

Reconstructing the Past, Making Sense of the Present

Concepts of Heredity and Theories of Evolution

Descent with Modification

J. B. Lamarck

After Lamarck: Organic Memory

Experimental Embryology

Units of Heredity

The Age of DNA

Modern Synthesis

Evolutionary Developmental Biology

Phylotypic Stage

Modularity

The Rise of Epigenetics

Phenotypic Plasticity

Organistic System Approach

The "Phenotype First" Approach

Niche Construction

Philosophical Approaches

Philosophical Turnoff on Causality

New Dimensions of Diversity

On Digital

Shaping DNA

Proteins

The Hairball

Targeted Epimutations

Combing the Shapes of Nucleic Acids

Protein Modularity

Unrooted in the Norm yet Faithful to It

　

　

Information Boom

Quorum Sensing

Signal Transduction

Chance, Necessity, and Gratuity

Processing and Responding

Simplexity

Morphogenesis

The Tradition of the New

Multicellularity

Phylotype again

Transgenerational Epigenetic Inheritance

Biased Mutations

Evolution by Cooperation: Communication between Different Lineages of Life

On Lichens, Squids, and Coral Bleaching

Protists

Intracellular Symbiosis in Multicellular Organisms

Mycorrhiza

Bacterial Consortia

Mimetic Rings

I, Holobiont

Human Holobiont

Variation in Microbiome Within Individuals

Colonization Determinants

Functions of Microbiome

Fecal Transplants

Holobiont as a Unit of Selection

Criticism

Life as interpretation

The Nine-Word Game

Species as Cultures

References

　

　

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O autorze

Anton Markoš (1949), is a biologist at the Charles University in Prague, Czechia (department of philosophy and history of science). He works and teaches cell biology, theoretical and evolutionary biology. His books in English are Readers of the Book of Life (2002) and (with co-authors) Life as Its Own Designer (2009). Recently published papers include subjects such as in epigenetics, biosemiotics, language metaphor of life, and morphogenesis of bacterial colonies.

Jana Švorcová (1982) studied both philosophy and theoretical and evolutionary biology at Charles University, and currently works at the same department as Anton Markoš, her former supervisor. Švorcová teaches theoretical biology and publishes papers concerning non-genetic inheritance, evo-devo and philosophy of biology.