Review of Frank Ryan’s Book: Darwin's Blind Spot: Evolution beyond Natural Selection

Abstract

Competing bacteria can fine tune their weapons to such an extent that they may win over their victims. They could be invited into their conquered host cells and become organelles like mitochondria and the cell nucleus. But the illusion of conquest is short lived. As the competing prokaryote cells find themselves to be one eukaryote cell, they discover a deeper symmetry and their felt imperatives flip as the competing bacterium find deep agreements in their mutual cooperation. Frank Ryan's book presents a wonderful account of such symbiosis as discovered in biological evolution. You can find this book at Amazon: Darwin's Blind Spot: Evolution beyond Natural Selection.