The new foundations of evolution : on the tree of life / Jan Sapp.

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2009], ©2009.

xvi, 425 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Animal, vegetable, or mineral? -- Microbes first -- The germ of phylogeny -- Creatures void of form -- About chaos -- Kingdoms at biology's borders -- The prokaryote and the eukaryote -- On the unity of life -- Symbiotic complexity -- The morning of molecular phylogenetics -- Roots in the genetic code -- A third form of life -- A kingdom on a molecule -- Against adaptationism -- In the capital of the new kingdom -- Out of Eden -- Big tree -- The dawn cell controversy -- Three domains -- Disputed territories -- Grappling with a worldwide web -- Entangled roots and braided lives.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [319]-404) and index.