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This study draws evidence from the fossil record and from molecular biology to develop and support the theory that complex cells are symbiotic unions of bacterial cells. Bringing together research from disparate fields such as micropalaeontology, molecular biology and symbiosis research, the authors discuss: the evolution of metabolism; the eukaryotic host cell; the evolution of the meiotic cell; the acquisition of mitochondria and plastids; and the controversy over the origin of motility organelles.

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Over against the diffidence of evangelical historians, who may sometimes say too little in what they write, Bushman's essays are refreshingly bold. -- Elesha Coffman, Christian Review 17 thoughtful personal and scholarily essays. -- Richard H. Cracroft, BYU Magazine This volume represents a significant contribution... The depth and quality of these essays affirm Bushman's status as the most articulate scholar defending the traditional interpretation of early Mormon origins. -- Newell G. Bringhurst, Journal of Mormon History These essays strike at the tension between the seemingly incompatible views of the believing Mormon in the unbelieving world... Informative and revealing. -- Byron C. Smith Probably the greatest scholar who happens to be a Latter-day Saint, Richard L. Bushman is a historian of exceptional accomplishment... A careful scholar, he has always balanced the academic with the religious. -- Dennis Lythgoe, Deseret Morning News

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Richard Lyman Bushman is Gouverneur Morris Professor of History emeritus at Columbia University.Reid L. Neilson is assistant professor of church history and doctrine at Brigham Young University.Jed Woodworth is a Ph.D. candidate in American history at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

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