co-evolving chemistry of the environment and life /
R. J. P. Williams, R. E. M. Rickaby.
Cambridge, UK :
RSC Pub.,
c2012.
xxi, 319 p. :
ill. ;
24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Outline of the main chemical factors in evolution -- 2. Geological evolution with some biological intervention -- 3. Organism development from the fossil record and the chemistry of the nature of biominerals -- 4. Cells: their basic organic chemistry and their environment -- 5. Other major elements in organism evolution -- 6. Trace elements in the evolution of organisms and the ecosystem -- 7. The amalgamation of the chemical and the genetic approaches to evolution.