TY - BOOK AU - Panno,Joseph TI - The cell: nature's first life-form T2 - The new biology SN - 9780816068494 PY - 2010/// CY - New York, NY PB - Facts on File KW - Cells KW - Popular works KW - Evolution N1 - 1. The origin of life -- 2. Prokaryotes : laying the foundation -- 3. Eukaryotes : dawn of a new era -- 4. The cell cycle -- 5. Genes -- 6. From cells to bodies -- 7. Cells in the human body -- 8. Neurons : pushing back the night -- 9. Plants -- 10. Resource center N2 - Covers the recent controversy over the teaching of creationism in public schools, life on other planets, bacterial populations, and the potential threat of certain pathogenic species ER -