TY - BOOK N2 - By unlocking the evolutionary information contained in cells, biologists have been able to construct the Tree of Life and show that its three main stems are dominated by microbes. Plants and animals constitute a small upper branch in one stem. Soon we may know how life began over 3.5 billion years ago. John Ingraham tells this story of discovery.-- AB - By unlocking the evolutionary information contained in cells, biologists have been able to construct the Tree of Life and show that its three main stems are dominated by microbes. Plants and animals constitute a small upper branch in one stem. Soon we may know how life began over 3.5 billion years ago. John Ingraham tells this story of discovery.-- T1 - Kin :how we came to know our microbe relatives / AU - Ingraham, John L., CN - QR13 CN - QR13 ID - 806170 KW - Microorganisms KW - Bacteria KW - Evolution (Biology) KW - Life SN - 9780674660403 SN - 0674660404 TI - Kin :how we came to know our microbe relatives / ER -