The surprising archaea discovering another domain of life howland john l isbn 9780195111835 kostenloser versand fur alle bucher mit versand und verkauf duch amazon. The surprising archaea discovering another domain of life is a popular science book written about the domain archaea it was written by john l howland and first published in 2000 by the oxford university press the book records the archaeal rise from obscurityto their current prominent place in molecular and evolutionary biology. Although they comprise one of the three fundamental branches of life the archaea were only recognized as a group about twenty years ago this recognition was based on similarities between their. Although they comprise one of the three fundamental branches of life the archaea were only recognized as a group about twenty years ago this recognition was based on similarities between their rna sequences similarities all the more striking because of the diversity of archaeal lifestyles they include microorganisms that live in boiling water within the guts of animal. Genetically there is a third domain of life the archaea a member of the archaea is as different genetically from a member of either of the other domains as a bacterium is from you the tree of life has three genetic branches the remarkable discovery of the third domain of life had to await the development of modern methods of genetic analysis the definitive paper by carl woese and colleagues from the university of illinois appeared in 1977 howland has written a lucid and highly