TY - BOOK AU - Smith,John Maynard AU - Szathmary, Eors. TI - The major transitions in evolution SN - 019850294X (pbk.) PY - 1997/// CY - Oxford PB - Oxford University Press KW - Evolution (Biology) KW - Genetic transformation KW - Natural selection N1 - Includes index; Originally published: Oxford : W.H. Freeman/Spektrum, 1995; Includes bibliographical references; What is life? -- Chemical evolution -- The evolution of templates -- The chicken and egg problem -- The origin of translation and the genetic code -- The origin of protocells -- The origin of eukaryotes -- The origin of sex and the nature of species -- Intragenomic conflict -- Symbiosis -- Development of simple organisms -- Gene regulation and cell heredity -- The development of spatial patterns -- Development and evolution -- The origin of societies -- The origin of language ER -