The vital question energy, evolution, and the origins of complex life

A biochemist, building on the pillars of evolutionary theory and drawing on cutting-edge research into the link between energy and genes, argues that the evolution of multicellular life was the result of a single event.

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Main Author: Lane, Nick, 1967- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : W. W. Norton & Company, 2015.
Edition:First American edition.
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