Further Readings
Bengtson, S., ed. Early Life on Earth/Nobel Symposium no. 84. New York: Columbia University Press, 1994. An organization of many essays and papers discussing the origins of life on earth.
Dyer, B. D., and R. A. Obar. Tracing the History of Eukaryotic Cells. New York: Columbia University Press, 1994. A good overview of the problems involved in this fascinating area.
Goodman, W. "Cilioprotists: A Diverse Bunch." BioScience, May 1993, 285. An interesting look at the extraordinarily wide range of nutritional modes encountered in ciliate protists.
Honigsbaum, M. The Fever Trail: Malaria, the Mosquito and the Quest for Quinine. London: Macmillan, 2001. Discusses the history of the quest for the malaria cure.
Lambrecht, F. "Trypanosomes and Hominid Evolution." BioScience 35 (1985):640-46. A fascinating article that charts the probable effects of sleeping sickness in determining the course of human history.
Lipps, J. H. Fossil Prokaryotes and Protists. Boston: Blackwell Scientific Publications, 1993. Uses the fossil record to tell the history of single-celled organisms.
Margulis, L. Symbiosis in Cell Evolution, 2nd ed. San Francisco: W. H. Freeman, 1992. Outstanding treatment of the origin of eukaryotic cells by serial symbiosis.
Oaks, S., and others. Malaria-Obstacles and Opportunities. Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press, 1991. The report of a high-level committee of scientists on the worldwide resurgence of malaria, which is staging a dramatic comeback in many countries where it was thought to be under control. Malaria already kills more humans each year than any other communicable disease, and the numbers are rising.
Wichterman, R. The Biology of Paramecium, 2d ed. New York: Plenum Press, 1986. A comprehensive account of the best-studied protist.
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