Origin of Group Identity Viruses, Addiction and Cooperation
From bacteria to humans, all life has ways to recognize themselves and differentiate themselves from similar life forms. The ability to recognize similarity can be called group identity or group membership and also relates to group cooperation. Even viruses have the capacity for group identity and c...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY
Springer US
2009, 2009
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2009 |
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- An Overview: Identity from Bacteria to Belief
- The Prokaryotes: Virus, Hyperparasites and the Origin of Group Identity
- Sensory Systems (Light, Odor, Pheromones) in Communities of Oceanic Microbes
- Subjugation of the Individual; Prokaryotic Group Living – Blooms, Slime and Mats
- Animal Group Identity: From Slime to Worms, Emergence of the Brain
- Group Identity in Aquatic Animals: Learning to Belong
- Development of Tetrapod Group Identity, the Smell of Self
- Origin of Primate Group Identity: Vision and the Great ERV Invasion
- Human Group Identity: Language and a Social Mind