Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. The Importance of B. M. Kozo-Polyansky’s Work for Modern Science xi
4. Introduction xiii
5. Note to the Reader xxi
6. Kozo- Polyansky’s Life xxiii
7. Acknowledgments xxxiii
8. Original Russian book title page xxxviii
9. Preface 1
10. I Noncellular Organisms (Cytodes) and Bioblasts [Prokaryotes] 3
11. II The Cell and Its Organelles 19
12. III Multicellular Organisms 54
13. IV The Philosophy of Symbiogenesis 108
14. V History of Symbiogenesis Theory 121
15. References to Kozo-Polyansky’s Text 129
16. Kozo- Polyansky’s Taxa 145
17. Editors’ Commentary 151
18. Commentary References 163
19. Modern Classification of Life 175
20. Glossary 181
21. Index 191