Origins, (Co)Evolution and Diversity of Life
Some of the mayor known unknowns of modern science deal with how lifeappeared on Earth and how from there it diversified into the different life forms present today. These questions delve into the deep past of our planet, where biology intermingles with geology and chemistry, to explore the origin of life. In addition, by learning how biological systems change over time, we can design novel biological machines based on this knowledge to fulfil unmet tasks.The main overarching theme addressed in this topic is evolution. Not because of much repeated is Theodosius Dobzhansky 1964’s statement less true: Nothing makes sense in biology except in the light of evolution. Understanding evolution will provide us with clues about the origin of life, and on the precise molecular mechanisms that operate in living beings and how they change in time. We will then be ready to attempt putting together these mechanisms in novel ways, paving the way for synthetic biology. Evolution is the single most overarching and one of the few, if not only, general principles in Biology.In this topic, we explore and discuss several aspects related to the study of evolution, as a fundamental and core discipline in Life Sciences, which must permeate different research areas in the coming years.
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| Format: | capítulo de libro biblioteca |
| Language: | English |
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Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (España)
2020
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10261/221138 |
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| Summary: | Some of the mayor known unknowns of modern science deal with how lifeappeared on Earth and how from there it diversified into the different life forms present today. These questions delve into the deep past of our planet, where biology intermingles with geology and chemistry, to explore the origin of life. In addition, by learning how biological systems change over time, we can design novel biological machines based on this knowledge to fulfil unmet tasks.The main overarching theme addressed in this topic is evolution. Not because of much repeated is Theodosius Dobzhansky 1964’s statement less true: Nothing makes sense in biology except in the light of evolution. Understanding evolution will provide us with clues about the origin of life, and on the precise molecular mechanisms that operate in living beings and how they change in time. We will then be ready to attempt putting together these mechanisms in novel ways, paving the way for synthetic biology. Evolution is the single most overarching and one of the few, if not only, general principles in Biology.In this topic, we explore and discuss several aspects related to the study of evolution, as a fundamental and core discipline in Life Sciences, which must permeate different research areas in the coming years. |
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