{"product_id":"9783709118948","title":"The Holobiont Imperative: Perspectives from Early Emerging Animals","description":"\u003ch1\u003eThe Holobiont Imperative: Perspectives from Early Emerging Animals\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eBosch, Thomas C. G.; Miller, David J.\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis\nbook examines how the growing knowledge of the huge range of animal-bacterial\ninteractions, whether in shared ecosystems or intimate symbioses, is\nfundamentally altering our understanding of animal biology. Individuals from\nsimple invertebrates to human are not solitary, homogenous entities but consist\nof complex communities of many species that likely evolved during a billion\nyears of coexistence. Defining the individual microbe-host conversations in\nthese consortia, is a challenging but necessary step on the path to\nunderstanding the function of the associations as a whole. The hologenome\ntheory of evolution considers the holobiont with its hologenome as a unit of\nselection in evolution. This new view may have profound impact on understanding\na strictly microbe\/symbiont-dependent life style and its evolutionary\nconsequences. It may also affect the way how we approach complex environmental\ndiseases from corals (coral bleaching) to human (inflammatory bowel disease\netc). The book is written for scientists as well as medically interested\npersons in the field of immunobiology, microbiology, evolutionary biology,\nevolutionary medicine and corals.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Springer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2016-03-18\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9783709118948\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-3-7091-1896-2\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 235cm x155cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 155\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer Vienna","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47692828835980,"sku":"9783709118948","price":98.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783709118948.jpg?v=1776697670","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9783709118948","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}