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Cosmic Genetic Evolution

  • 1st Edition, Volume 106 - October 18, 2020
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Edward J. Steele, N. Chandra Wickramasinghe
  • Language: English

Cosmic Genetic Evolution, Volume 106 in the Advances in Genetics series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters on Panspermia, C… Read more

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Cosmic Genetic Evolution, Volume 106 in the Advances in Genetics series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters on Panspermia, Cometary Panspermia and Origin of Life, The Efficient Lamarckian Spread of Life in the Cosmos, The Sociology of Science and Generality of the DNA/RNA/Protein Paradigm Throughout the Cosmos, The Mutagenic Source and Power of Our Own Evolution, Origin of New Emergent Coronavirus and Candida Fungal Diseases – Terrestrial or Cosmic?, and Future Prospects for Investigation -The Near-Earth Neighborhood and Beyond.

Key features

  • Provides the authority and expertise of leading contributors from an international board of authors
  • Presents the latest release in the Advances in Genetics series
  • Updated release includes the latest information on the Cosmic Genetic Evolution

Readership

Molecular geneticists, clinical geneticists, neurologists, neuroscientists, molecular biologists, and biochemists

Table of contents

    1. Introduction—Panspermia, 2020
      2.

      Edward J Steele

    2. Cometary panspermia and origin of life?

      3.

      N.C. Wickramasinghe, D.T. Wickramasinghe and Edward J. Steele

    3. The efficient Lamarckian spread of life in the cosmos

      4.

      Edward J. Steele, Reginald M. Gorczynski, Robyn A. Lindley, Yongsheng Liu, Robert Temple, Gensuke Tokoro, Dayal T. Wickramasinghe and N. Chandra Wickramasinghe

    4. The sociology of science and generality of the DNA/RNA/protein paradigm throughout the cosmos

      5.

      N. Chandra Wickramasinghe, Edward J. Steele, Brig Klyce, Gensuke Tokoro and Dayal T. Wickramasinghe

    5. The mutagenic source and power of our own evolution

      6.

      Robyn A. Lindley

    6. Origin of new emergent Coronavirus and Candida fungal diseases—Terrestrial or cosmic?

      7. Edward J. Steele, Jiangwen Qu, Reginald M. Gorczynski, Robyn A. Lindley, Gensuke Tokoro, Robert Temple and N. Chandra Wickramasinghe

    7. A cosmic virosphere

      8.

      Predrag Slijepcevic and N.Chandra Wickramasinghe

    8. An internet of microbes straddling the cosmos

      9.

      Predrag Slijepcevic and N. Chandra Wickramasinghe

    9. Is the 2019 novel coronavirus related to a spike of cosmic rays?

      10.

      Jiangwen Qu and N. Chandra Wickramasinghe

    10. Microbial transfers from Venus to Earth

      11.

      N. Chandra Wickramasinghe and Predrag Slijepcevic

    11. Future prospects for investigation—Near Earth environment and beyond

N. Chandra Wickramasinghe, Edward J. Steele, Robert Temple, Gensuke Tokoro, Willam A. Smith, Brig Klyce and Dayal T. Wickramsi

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Volume: 106
  • Published: October 19, 2020
  • Language: English

About the editors

ES

Edward J. Steele

Edward J Steele works at C.Y.O'Connor ERADE Village Foundation
Affiliations and expertise
C.Y.O'Connor ERADE Village Foundation

NW

N. Chandra Wickramasinghe

N. Chandra Wickramasinghe works in the Buckingham Centre for Astrobiology at University of Buckingham, UK.
Affiliations and expertise
Buckingham Centre for Astrobiology, University of Buckingham, UK

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