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Evolutionary Success of Prokaryotes
- Source :
- Prokaryotes and Evolution ISBN: 9783319997827, Prokaryotes and evolution, Bertrand, J.C. (ed.); Normand, P. (ed.); Ollivier, Bernard (ed.); Sime-Ngando, T. (ed.). Prokaryotes and evolution, Springer, pp.131-240, 2018, 978-3-319-99782-7. ⟨10.1007/978-3-319-99784-1_4⟩, Prokaryotes and Evolution, Prokaryotes and Evolution, Springer International Publishing, pp.131-240, 2018, ⟨10.1007/978-3-319-99784-1_4⟩
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- Springer International Publishing, 2018.
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Abstract
- How can the evolutionary success of prokaryotes be explained ? How did they manage to survive conditions that have fluctuated, with drastic events over 3.5 billion years ? Which significant metabolisms and mechanisms have appeared over the course of evolution that have permitted them to survive the most inhospitable conditions from the physicochemical point of view ? In a 'Red Queen Race', prokaryotes have always run sufficiently fast to adapt to constraints imposed by the environment and the other living species with which they have established interactions. If the criterion retained to define the level of evolution of an organism is its capacity to survive and to yield the largest number of offsprings, prokaryotes must be considered highly evolved organisms.
- Subjects :
- 0303 health sciences
03 medical and health sciences
Race (biology)
Red queen
030306 microbiology
Ecology
[SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio]
[SDV.BC]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Cellular Biology
[SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology
Biology
ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS
Organism
030304 developmental biology
Subjects
Details
- ISBN :
- 978-3-319-99782-7
- ISBNs :
- 9783319997827
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Prokaryotes and Evolution ISBN: 9783319997827, Prokaryotes and evolution, Bertrand, J.C. (ed.); Normand, P. (ed.); Ollivier, Bernard (ed.); Sime-Ngando, T. (ed.). Prokaryotes and evolution, Springer, pp.131-240, 2018, 978-3-319-99782-7. ⟨10.1007/978-3-319-99784-1_4⟩, Prokaryotes and Evolution, Prokaryotes and Evolution, Springer International Publishing, pp.131-240, 2018, ⟨10.1007/978-3-319-99784-1_4⟩
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....4ec5346f12ff97ab1276712a7e222230