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Genetics, Development, and Evolution
Gustafson, J. Perry; Stebbins, G. Ledyard; Ayala, Francisco J.
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Paperback. Series: Stadler Genetics Symposia Series. Num Pages: 361 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 19. Weight in Grams: 647.
One outstanding question in biology is the problem of devel opment: how the genetic instructions encoded in the DNA become expressed in the morphological, physiological, and behavioral features of multicellular organisms, through an ordered sequence of events that extend from the first cell division of the zygote to the adult stage and eventual death. The problem is how a one dimensional array of instructions is transformed into a four dimensional entity, the organism that exists in space and time. Understanding this transformation is, nevertheless, necessary for mastering the process of evolution. One hundred and twenty-five years after The Origin of ... Read more
One outstanding question in biology is the problem of devel opment: how the genetic instructions encoded in the DNA become expressed in the morphological, physiological, and behavioral features of multicellular organisms, through an ordered sequence of events that extend from the first cell division of the zygote to the adult stage and eventual death. The problem is how a one dimensional array of instructions is transformed into a four dimensional entity, the organism that exists in space and time. Understanding this transformation is, nevertheless, necessary for mastering the process of evolution. One hundred and twenty-five years after The Origin of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
361
Condition
New
Series
Stadler Genetics Symposia Series
Number of Pages
361
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781468451399
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V9781468451399
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