Kin: How We Came to Know Our Microbe Relatives

by John L. Ingraham

Since Darwin, people have speculated about the evolutionary relationships among dissimilar species, including our connections to the diverse life forms known as microbes. In the 1970s biologists discovered a way to establish these kinships. This new era of exploration began with Linus Pauling's finding that every protein in every cell contains a huge reservoir of evolutionary history. His discovery opened a research path that has changed the way...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674660404
• ISBN13: 9780674660403
• Release Date: May 2017
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.8" x 8.4"