Endless Forms Most Beautiful: The New Science of Evo Devo and the Making of the Animal Kingdom - Couverture rigide

Carroll, Sean B.

 
9780393060164: Endless Forms Most Beautiful: The New Science of Evo Devo and the Making of the Animal Kingdom
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ISBN 10 : 0393060160 ISBN 13 : 9780393060164
Editeur : W W Norton & Co Inc, 2005

Synopsis

Book by Carroll Sean B

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Présentation de l'éditeur

We not only share nearly 99% of our genes with chimps, we also have some 35% in common with daffodils. Throughout much of the animal and even plant kingdoms, almost the same ancient genes code for almost the same proteins. And further, to everyone's astonishment, the genes involved in making the complex eyes of fruitflies are close matches to those involved in making the very different eyes of octopuses and people. So what leads to the nature's 'endless forms most beautiful'?
The key to this mystery is being unravelled by 'Evo Devo' or the new science of evolutionary development biology. By looking at how a single-celled egg gives rise to a complex, multi-billion celled animal, Evo Devo is illuminating exactly how new species - butterflies and zebras, trilobites and dinosaurs, apes and humans - are made and evolved. The key, it turns out, is all about location and timing...
For anyone who has ever pondered 'where did I come from', Endless Forms Most Beautiful explores our history, both the journey we have all made from egg to adult, and the long trek from the origin of life to the very recent origin of our species.

Revue de presse

'Sean B. Carroll is the ideal author to lead the curious on this intellectual adventure - he is the acknowledged leader of the field' Lewis Wolpert. (Lewis Wolpert)

'Impressively skilful first book' Independent. (Independent)

'A first-rate introduction to Evo Devo' Nature. (Nature)

'Carroll... writes in a lively style, peppering the book with endlessly fascinating examples' Scientific American. (Scientific American)

'Provides an essential glimpse into both the creation of life and the excitement of scientific discovery' Sunday Telegraph. (Sunday Telegraph)

'Makes Evo Devo accessible to a wider readership ... Carroll does it splendidly' Guardian. (Guardian)

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Éditeur
W W Norton & Co Inc
Date d'édition
2005
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0393060160
ISBN 13 
9780393060164
Reliure
Relié
Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
350
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
non disponible

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9780393327793: Endless Forms Most Beautiful: The New Science of Evo Devo and the Making of the Animal Kingdom

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0393327795 ISBN 13 :  9780393327793
Editeur : W. W. Norton & Company, 2006
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