Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. FIGURES ix
4. TABLES xi
5. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xiii
6. PREFACE TO THE SECOND PRINTING xv
7. INTRODUCTION For Whom This Book Is Meant 1
8. 1. WHAT IS LIFE? 9
9. 2. WHAT IS EVOLUTION? 16
10. 3. WHAT IS SEX? 25
11. 4. THREATS TO DNA AND THE EMERGENCE OF SEXUALITY 38
12. 5. RECOMBINATION AND BACTERIAL MATING 54
13. 6. THE EMERGENCE OF PROTISTS 62
14. 7. THE ORIGIN OF CHROMOSOMES 114
15. 8. CHROMOSOME DEPLOYMENT IN MITOSIS 124
16. 9. CANNIBALISM AND OTHER MERGERS 146
17. 10. PAIRING AND HALVING 153
18. 11. MEIOSIS AND CELL DIFFERENTIATION 170
19. 12. BIG EGGS AND SMALL SPERM 183
20. 13. THREE BILLION YEARS OF SEX 204
21. GLOSSARY 227
22. REFERENCES 237
23. INDEX 249