The Origin and Evolution of The Cell

This volume examines the origin of eukaryotic cells both phylogenetically and morphogenetically. The evolutionary relationship between prokaryotic and eukaryotic organizations is emphasized. The difference of inferences from ribosomal RNA and protein phylogenetic trees suggests a new possibility of synthesizing an evolutionary origin of eukaryotic cells as integrating morphogenetic contributions.

• The Eukaryotic Cell: Evolution and Development (H Hartman)
• Eukaryotic Origins and Protistan Diversity (D J Patterson & M L Sogin)
• Origins of Mitochondria and Chloroplasts from Sulfur-Based Symbioses (D G Searcy)
• Origin of the Cytoskeleton (T Cavalier-Smith)
• Origin and Evolution of Eukaryotes as inferred from Protein Sequence Data (M Hasegawa et al.)
• The Bioenergetics of the Last Common Ancestor and the Origin of the Eukaryotic Endomembrane Systems (J P Gogarten & H Kibak)
• Archaebacteria; Key Microorganisms for Speculation of Early Biochemical Evolution (T Oshima)
• A Model of the Early Evolution of Organisms: The Arisal of the Three Domains of Life from the Common Ancestor (W Zillig et al.)
• Cellular Evolution Leading to Generation of Eukaryotic Cell (H Nakamura)
• Cellular and Molecular Evolution of Intracellular Symbiont (H Ishikawa et al.)
• Cohesive Interaction for the Emergence of Eukaryotic Cells (K Matsuno)
• and other papers