the tangled tree

分子生物學翻新了演化樹，也重新定義了演化 ◎入圍美國國家非虛構類圖書獎◎紐約時報2018選書◎程延年（台灣演化生物學權威）專文推薦 演化的全新概念 自《物種源始》之後，科學界對於演化的概念都來自那棵深植人心的演化樹：生物由於本身的個體差異產生不同子代，並在自然環境的篩選下形成不同的物種。也就是演化來自於遺傳與變異。一九七○年代中期，科學家開始以DNA序列重新檢視所有生命的歷史，在分子層次研究生命的多元性及相關性。研究發現，比起單純開枝散葉，演化的過程更像是棵盤根錯節的大樹。 交錯的源頭 導致這些盤根錯節的真正原因是水平基因轉移，也就是基因跨越物種的移動。從在極端環境生長的古菌、導致疾病的細菌到我們身上都正在頻繁的發生跨物種的基因轉移。甚至人類基因組中高達百分之八並非直接來自傳統的同類遺傳，而是側向地來自病毒感染。 演化的過去與未來 同時，水平基因轉移也至關重要。分子生物學家已經發現，若沒有水平基因轉移，胎盤哺乳動物或許就不會出現，人類當然也不可能存在。基因改造作物以及前幾年獲諾貝爾生醫獎，讓我們能夠更精準地調控基因的CRISPR能夠有所進展，都是奠基於自然界中的水平基因轉移。 擅長賦予複雜科學精彩生命力的生物作家大衛．逵曼在本書中串連一個個科學故事，講述了新的基因研究如何改寫了我們對演化的認知，也將改變人類的未來。

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