Topobiology: An Introduction To Molecular Embryology - Couverture rigide

Edelman, Gerald M.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0465086349 ISBN 13 : 9780465086344

Editeur : Basic Books, 1988

Synopsis

If you had a complete copy of a dinosaur's DNA and the genetic code, you still would not be able to make a dinosaur—or even determine what one looked like. Why? How do animals get their shape and how does shape evolve? In this important book, Nobel laureate Gerald M. Edelman challenges the notion that an understanding of the genetic code and of cell differentiation is sufficient to answer these questions. Rather, he argues, a trio of related issues must also be investigated—the development of form, the evolution of form, and the morphological and functional bases of behavior. Topobiology presents an introduction to molecular embryology and describes a comprehensive hypothesis to account for the evolution and development of animal form.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

If you had a complete copy of a dinosaur's DNA and the genetic code, you still would not be able to make a dinosaur—or even determine what one looked like. Why? How do animals get their shape and how does shape evolve? In this important book, Nobel laureate Gerald M. Edelman challenges the notion that an understanding of the genetic code and of cell differentiation is sufficient to answer these questions. Rather, he argues, a trio of related issues must also be investigated—the development of form, the evolution of form, and the morphological and functional bases of behavior. Topobiology presents an introduction to molecular embryology and describes a comprehensive hypothesis to account for the evolution and development of animal form.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Basic Books
• Date d'édition: 1988
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0465086349
• ISBN 13: 9780465086344
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 240
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