Early Evolution : From the appearance of the first cell to the first modern organisms - Rizzotti, Martino; SpringerLink (Online service) (Basel : Birkhäuser Basel : Imprint: Birkhäuser, 2000)
1 Introduction -- 2 The First Cell -- 2.1 Properties attributed to the first cell: reproduction -- 2.2 Properties other than reproduction -- 2.3 Derivation of the first cell from a precellular aggregate -- 2.4 There are many kinds of putative aggregates -- 2.5 A detailed hypothesis on the formation of the first cell -- 2.6 Properties attributed to modern cells -- 2.7 Temporal frame -- 3 Modern Cells: Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic Descents -- 3.1 The general pattern of descent lineages remains controversial -- 3.2 Descent is traditionally inferred from morphological comparison -- 3.3 Descent inferred from gene sequences is not truly universal -- 3.4 The possible origin of a protein complex -- 3.5 What was the cellular organization of the common ancestor? -- 3.6 Major evolutionary transitions -- 4 Prokaryotes: The Flagellum -- 4.1 The bacterial flagellum is a complex structure -- 4.2 Complex structures appear only once -- 4.3 From what did the flagellum derive? -- 4.4 Possible derivation series -- 5 Prokaryotes: The Outer Membrane -- 5.1 The outer membrane is also a complex structure -- 5.2 Was the outer membrane an alimentary adaptation? -- 5.3 Did the outer membrane appear in a flagellated bacterium? -- 5.4 The role of interspecific gene transfers -- 6 Prokaryotes: Trends towards Complexity -- 6.1 Cell differentiation -- 6.2 Multicellularity -- 6.3 Particles which escaped from cells -- 7 The Appearance of the Nucleus -- 7.1 Eukaryotes are defined by the nucleus -- 7.2 The nucleus requires an intracellular skeleton -- 7.3 Did the nucleus appear inside an indeterminate cell? -- 7.4 Did the nucleus appear inside a bacterium? -- 7.5 Did the nucleus derive from an intracellular bacterium? -- 7.6 The origin of nuclear linear chromosomes -- 8 Eukaryotes: Dictyosomes -- 8.1 From what did dictyosomes derive? -- 8.2 Progress in membrane traffic -- 8.3 Did some vesicles derive from intracellular symbiosis? -- 9 Eukaryotes: The Mitochondrial Symbiosis -- 9.1 Mitochondria are bacteria adapted to intracellular life -- 9.2 Primitive engulfment and origin of mitochondria -- 9.3 Alternative hypotheses on the origin of mitochondria -- 9.4 Have Eukaryotes without mitochondria always been so? -- 10 Eukaryotes: Plastidial Symbioses -- 10.1 Plastids are also bacteria adapted to intracellular life -- 10.2 Intermediate adaptations on the way to plastidial symbioses -- 10.3 Parallel symbioses -- 10.4 Serial symbioses -- 10.5 Plastidial regressions -- 11 Eukaryotes: The Cilium -- 11.1 A surprising and complicated geometry -- 11.2 Ideas to explain the geometry of the cilium -- 11.3 Did the cilium derive from a specialization of the intracellular skeleton? -- 11.4 Did the cilium derive from extracellular symbiosis with a Spirochete? -- 11.5 Before and after the appearance of the cilium -- 12 Eukaryotes: Complexity and Gigantism -- 12.1 The fixation of sex -- 12.2 Cell differentiations -- 12.3 Multicellularity -- 13 Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References.
Keywords: Life sciences; Medicine; Life Sciences, general; Biomedicine, general