附註:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Front Cover -- Inside Front Cover -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Life in a Tenuous Universe -- Chapter 2: The Frame for New Hypotheses of Evolution -- Chapter 3: Genomism and the Nature Trail -- Chapter 4: The Origin of Complexity -- Chapter 5: Our Young Planet-One Is Not a Choice -- Chapter 6: The Condensation of Life -- Chapter 7: The Origins of Species -- Chapter 8: Development of Biological Potential -- Chapter 9: Thoughts on Multicellularity-How Nature Got Around Darwin -- Chapter 10: Natura Non Facit Saltum-Nature Does Nothing in Jumps.
Chapter 11: The Invariance Concept -- Chapter 12: On the Evolution of Humans -- Chapter 13: Molecular Genealogy -- Chapter 14: Experiments in Evolution -- Chapter 15: Quintessence -- Appendix I -- Appendix II -- Index: A-E -- Index: E-M -- Index: M-T -- Index: T-Z.
摘要:The Genomic Potential Hypothesis is a biochemist's view of the origin, evolution, and development of life. Large numbers are second nature to a biochemist and though he rarely ever thinks of it explicitly, the concept of mass action is a part of the definition of chemistry. The origin of life, from that perspective, will turn into an event that occurs on the molar scale in units of 1023 and is driven not by needs of biological systems but by mass action, energetics, structure, and kinetics. This approach to evolution entails the total denial of constructive accidents. Mutations are a reality a.
