The major transitions in evolution / John Maynard Smith and Eörs Szathmáry.

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1997.

xiv, 346 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Originally published: Oxford : W.H. Freeman/Spektrum, 1995.

Copy 1 Donor: Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute.

Introduction -- What is life? -- Chemical evolution -- The evolution of templates -- The chicken and egg problem -- The origin of translation and the genetic code -- The origin of protocells -- The origin of eukaryotes -- The origin of sex and the nature of species -- Intragenomic conflict -- Symbiosis -- Development of simple organisms -- Gene regulation and cell heredity -- The development of spatial patterns -- Development and evolution -- The origin of societies -- The origin of language.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [311]-333) and indexes.