Endless Forms Most Beautiful
The New Science of Evo Devo and the Making of the Animal Kingdom
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- Paperback
384 pages
- Release Date
28 February 2011
Summary
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 …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781849160483 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1849160481 |
| Author: | Sean B. Carroll |
| Publisher: | Quercus Publishing |
| Imprint: | Quercus Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 28 February 2011 |
| Weight: | 275g |
| Dimensions: | 199mm x 130mm x 26mm |
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‘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.
‘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 *
About The Author
Sean B. Carroll
Sean Carroll is a Professor of Genetics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His scientific discoveries have been featured in Time and The New York Times, and Carroll himself has written articles for Natural History and Playboy. He and his wife and children reside in Madison, Wisconsin.
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