The Origin and Evolution of the Cell

The Table of Contents for the book is as follows:

• The Origin and Evolution of the Cell

• THE CELL

  • The Eukaryotic Cell: Evolution and Development

  • Eukaryotic Origins and Protistan Diversity

  • Origins of Mitochondria and Chloroplasts from Sulfur-based Symbioses

  • Origin of the Cytoskeleton

  • Origin and Evolution of Eukaryotes as inferred from Protein Sequence Data

  • The Bioenergetics of the Last Common Ancestor and the Origin of the Eukaryotic Endomembrane Systems

  • Archaebacteria; Key Microorganisms for Speculation of Early Biochemical Evolution

  • A Model of the Early Evolution of Organisms: The Arisal of the Three Domains of Life from the Common Ancestor

  • Cellular Evolution Leading to Generation of Eukaryotic Cell

  • Cellular and Molecular Evolution of Intracellular Symbiont

  • Cohesive Interaction for the Emergence of Eukaryotic Cells

• THE INFORMATIONAL MOLECULES

  • Evolutionary Characteristics of 16S and 23S rRNA Structures

  • Ribosomal Protein Structure: A Probe into the Evolution of the Cell

  • Split RNAs and Modified Nucleosides in Ribosome Evolution

  • Module Structure of Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic Proteins

  • Continuous Culture of Virus as a Model of Evolving Systems and its Application to Evolutionary Molecular Engineering

  • Comments on Genome Sequencing

• PRECELLULAR EVOLUTION

  • The Origin and Organization of Possible Protocellular Evolution

  • Symmetry-Breaking of Molecules and the Origin of Life