Fungal biology in the origin and emergence of life /
by David Moore.
- 1st ed.
- vi, 231 p. ; illustrations ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
Learning from life on Earth in the present day -- Essentials of fungal cell biology -- First, make a habitat -- The building blocks of life -- An extraterrestrial origin of life? -- Endogenous synthesis of prebiotic organic compounds on the young Earth -- Cooking the recipe for life -- "It's life, Jim" -- Coming alive:what happened and where? -- My name is Luca -- Towards eukaryotes -- Rise of the fungi -- Emergence of diversity.