The Art of Genes : How Organisms Make Themselves.
Title:
The Art of Genes : How Organisms Make Themselves.
Author:
Coen, Enrico.
ISBN:
9780191587672
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (397 pages)
Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- 1 Painting a picture -- 2 Copying and creating -- 3 A question of interpretation -- 4 A case of mistaken identity -- 5 The internal world of colour -- 6 Evolution of locks and keys -- 7 The hidden skeleton -- 8 The expanding canvas -- 9 Refining a pattern -- 10 Creative reproduction -- 11 Scents and sensitivities -- 12 Responding to the environment -- 13 Elaborating on asymmetry -- 14 Beneath the surface -- 15 Themes and variations -- 16 Shifting forms -- 17 The story of colour -- 18 The art of Heath Robinson -- Sources of quotations -- Bibliography -- Glossary -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- G -- H -- I -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Figure acknowledgements -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.
Abstract:
How is a tiny fertilised egg able to turn itself into a human being? How can an acorn transform itself into an oak tree? Over the past twenty years there has been a revolution in biology. For the first time we have begun to understand how organisms make themselves. The Art of Genes gives an account of these new and exciting findings, and of their broader significance for how we view ourselves. Through a highly original synthesis of science and art, Enrico Coen vividly describes this revolution in our understanding of how plants and animals develop.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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