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Margulis, Lynn was born on March 5, 1938 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Morris and Leone (Wise) Alexander.
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For researchers, teachers, and students who deal with eukaryotic microorganisms, this comprehensive guide contains current information on the protoctists and their descendants (exclusive of the animals, fungi, and plants). It represents an illustrated abbreviated version of Handbook of Protoctista (
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"Lynn Margulis is one of the most successful synthetic thinkers in modern biology. This collection of her work, enhanced by essays co-authored with Dorion Sagan, is a welcome introduction to the full breadth of her many contributions." EDWARD O. WILSON, AUTHOR OF THE DIVERSITY OF LIFE "An important contribution to the history of the 20th century. Read it and you will taste the flavor of real science." JAMES LOVELOCK, AUTHOR OF GAIA: A NEW LOOK AT LIFE ON EARTH "Truly inspirational and of fundamental importance. This thoughtful series of essays on some of the largest questions concerning the nature of life on earth deserves careful study."PETER RAVEN, MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN
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A fascinating and detailed examination of the evolution—and occasional devolution—of sexuality in microorganisms and more complex forms of life. Margulis and Sagan trace sex from its inauspicious beginnings in bacteria threatened by ultraviolet radiation to its intimate relation with the origin of mitotic division of nucleated cells. The origin of meiotic sex through cannibalism followed by centriole reproductive tardiness and the connection of cell symbiosis to sex and differentiation are explored. “The authors have not only given us a new and exiting scenario for the evolution of sex, but have also provided us with critical ways in which we can test their hypotheses. . . . This is a stimulating book that is sure to invoke criticism and discussion; I strongly recommend it.”—Symbiosis “The book is well organized and well written, leading the reader from one thought to another almost effortlessly. Background information is presented to aid those of us who are not experts in this field, and a glossary is appended. The book could be used at all levels of study, from interested undergraduates in general biology though postdoctoral students of genetics and evolution. I recommend this thought-provoking book to you for both your enjoyment and your enlightenment.”—Richard W. Cheney, Jr., Journal of College Science Teaching “This book, undoubtedly controversial, is a thoughtful and original contribution to an important aspect of cellular biology.”—John Langridge
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Drawing on psychoanalysis, philosophy, religion, linguistics, and politics, the authors trace the evolution of human sexual behavior and our complex feelings about sex. A universally appealing subject presented with clarity, creativity, and conviction.--Booklist. Lynn Margulis is a leading evolutonary biologist and Sagan is a writer.
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This revised edition introduces evidence that symbiogenesis is a major source of evolutionary innovation leading to the origins of new species. The author offers insights into the genetic and metabolic interactions of the bacterial comunities that became protocists. Among these diverse organisms, the earliest eukaryotes, including some that are fossilized in the Proterozoic record, are those that then evolved to become animals, plants and fungi. The book presents a perspective on evolution during the Archaen and Proterozoic eons of pre-Phanerozoic time, with consequences for taxonomy. A single dipartite phylogenetic tree includes all major groups of organisms.
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From Contents - Endosymbiotic Theory; Diversity; Cell Evolution in Perspective; Before Cells; Evolution before Oxygen; Atmospheric Oxygen from Phtosynthesis; Symbioses in Evolution; Aerobiosis and Mitochondria; Undulipodia, Mitosis and Meiosis; Spirochetes and Undulipodia; Photosynthesis in Plastids; Phanerozoic Consequences. (Description by http-mart)
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BACK IN PRINT WITH A REVISED PREFACE Microcosmos brings together the remarkable discoveries of microbiology of the past two decades and the pioneering research of Dr. Margulis to create a vivid new picture of the world that is crucial to our understanding of the future of the planet. Addressed to general readers, the book provides a beautifully written view of evolution as a process based on interdependency and thei nterconnectedness of all life on the planet.
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Margulis, Lynn was born on March 5, 1938 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Morris and Leone (Wise) Alexander.
Bachelor of Arts, University of Chicago, 1957; A.M., University of Wisconsin, 1960; Doctor of Philosophy, University of California, Berkeley, 1965.
Lecturer 1963-1965, Biology Co-ordinator, Peace Corps, Colombia Project 1965-1966. Consultant and Staff. Assistant Professor Department, of Biology, Boston University 1966-1967, Assistant Professor 1967-1971, Association Professor 1971-1977, Professor 88, University Professor 1986-1988.
Distinguished Professor University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Visiting Professor Department, of Marine Biology, Seripps Institute of Oceanography January-March 1980, Department, of Geology and Planetary Science California Institute of Technology 1980, Department, of Microbiology, Universidad Autonama de Barcelona, Spain 1986. NASA-Ames Planetary Biology and Microbial Ecology Summer Research Programme 1980, 1982, 1984.
Guggenheim Foundation Fellow 1979. Sherman Fairchild Distinguished Scholar, California Institute of Technology 1977.
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( A fascinating and detailed examination of the evolution...)
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Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member NAS, Society Evolutionary Protistology (co-founder).
Married Carl Sagan, June 16, 1957. Married Thomas N. Margulis, January 18, 1967. Children: Dorion Sagan, Jeremy Sagan, Zachary Margulis, Jennifer Margulis.