Lipids in Evolution by Nes, William R.; Nes, W. David - 1980

Plenum Press., 1980. A very good 244 page ex-university library hardback book with the usual stamps & labels. Clean and tight, light shelfwear. 9 chapters, references, author & subject indices, 27 figures. The purpose of the book is to examine the extent to which lipids are or are not the same throughout nature and, where possible, to correlate the information with evolutionary thought. The book begins with a review of the evidence for a scale of time and for the documented changes which have occurred at various periods; Proceeding next to an examination of primitive character and then on to the lipids of various kinds of organisms.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.