One Plus One Equals One: Symbiosis and the Evolution of Complex Life

by John Archibald

Book Overview

We are in the midst of a revolution. It is a scientific revolution built upon the tools of molecular biology, with which we probe and prod the living world in ways unimaginable a few decades ago. Need to track a bacterium at the root of a hospital outbreak? No problem: the offending germ's complete genetic profile can be obtained in 24 hours. We insert human DNA into E. coli bacteria to produce our insulin.

It is natural to look at biotechnology...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019966059X
• ISBN13: 9780199660599
• Release Date: August 2014
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.4" x 8.5"