Evolution by Association: A History of Symbiosis

Contents......Page 10
Introduction......Page 14
The Origins of the Word......Page 20
Making Associations......Page 27
The Political Context of Mutualism......Page 32
The Plover and the Crocodile......Page 35
Protesting the Gladiator\'s Show......Page 37
Symbiosis as Mutualism......Page 40
Organicism, Symbiosis, and the Division of Labor......Page 42
Symbiosis as Parasitism......Page 45
The Synthesis of New Individuals......Page 48
3. Socially Constructing the Individual......Page 52
Cell Theory Is Social Theory......Page 53
The Cell as a Collective......Page 55
Nucleocentricism......Page 62
4. Symbiogenesis in Russia......Page 64
The Experimental Ideal......Page 65
Merezhkovskii Claims Priority......Page 68
Mycoplasm and Amoeboplasm......Page 70
Refuge in Geneva......Page 71
The Sacred Fire of the Lighthouse......Page 72
5. Engendering Genesis Stories......Page 77
Feminine Nature......Page 78
Convoluta......Page 81
Problems with Protista......Page 83
Organisms without Cells......Page 84
A Midsummer-Night\'s Fantasy?......Page 88
Missing Mitochondria......Page 90
6. Les Symbiotes and Germ Theory......Page 93
Neo-Lamarckism, Infection, and Immunity......Page 94
The Prince and the Pauper......Page 97
Challenging the Doctrine of Asepsis......Page 99
Symbiotes and Vitamins......Page 102
The Rhetoric of Les Symbiotes......Page 103
Mitochondria Are Bacteria......Page 105
Cultivating Mitochondria......Page 106
The Physiological Role of Symbiotes......Page 107
7. The Pasteurization of Les Symbiotes......Page 110
Making a Revolution—Winning the Election......Page 111
A Showdown with the Pasteurians......Page 112
Protests and Priority......Page 114
Critiques from Lyon......Page 116
\"Wrong on Every Point\"?......Page 118
Les Mythes des Symbiotes......Page 120
Bacteriophage and \"Microlichen\"......Page 123
\"The Thankless Task of Precursor,\"......Page 125
8. Les Symbiotes Revisited......Page 127
Rediscovery in the United States......Page 130
Translation and Transformation......Page 131
Local Debates in a Global Context......Page 133
Theory Mongering in the United States......Page 137
The Inheritance of Acquired Characteristics......Page 139
A Failed Revolution......Page 144
Falling in the Cracks......Page 145
A Committee on Terminology......Page 148
Problems in Cost-Benefit Accounting......Page 149
Hostile Symbiosis......Page 151
Conflict in Cooperative Ecology......Page 154
Evolution in the Study of Symbiosis?......Page 158
The Organism as Functional Field......Page 160
One Germ Plasm—One Organism......Page 163
10. Organisms and the Edge of Disciplines......Page 165
Plasmagenes, Viruses, and Viroids......Page 166
Inherited Symbionts: Bad Pennies......Page 170
Changing Concepts of Heredity......Page 172
Lysogeny, Symbiosis, and Technoevolution......Page 174
The Plasmid: A Discursive Ploy......Page 177
The Unbound Organism......Page 178
\"Switching\" Metaphors......Page 180
11. Molecular Reconstruction......Page 182
Poor Cousins......Page 183
The Genetics of Symbiosis......Page 185
Eukaryote Origins: The Space Race......Page 187
The Argument from Dr. Pangloss......Page 189
Serial Endosymbiosis Theory......Page 191
The Argument for Simplicity......Page 196
Together They Stand; Divided They Fall......Page 200
A Revival of Special Creation?......Page 202
Are Origin Stories Scientific?......Page 203
Closing the Controversy......Page 205
The Human Nature of Origin Stories......Page 208
Back to Gaia......Page 210
Mother Nature, Antiscience and Myth......Page 213
Tit for Tat......Page 217
Delimiting Symbiosis......Page 219
Concluding Remarks......Page 222
Notes......Page 230
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