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Human Growth
F. . Ed(S): Falkner
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Description for Human Growth
Paperback. Editor(s): Falkner, F. Num Pages: 624 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MFG; PD; WM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1178.
Growth, as we conceive it, is the study of change in an organism not yet mature. Differential growth creates form: external form through growth rates which vary from one part of the body to another and one tissue to another; and internal form through the series of time-entrained events which build up in each cell the special ized complexity of its particular function. We make no distinction, then, between growth and development, and if we have not included accounts of differentiation it is simply because we had to draw a quite arbitrary line somewhere. It is only rather recently that ... Read more
Growth, as we conceive it, is the study of change in an organism not yet mature. Differential growth creates form: external form through growth rates which vary from one part of the body to another and one tissue to another; and internal form through the series of time-entrained events which build up in each cell the special ized complexity of its particular function. We make no distinction, then, between growth and development, and if we have not included accounts of differentiation it is simply because we had to draw a quite arbitrary line somewhere. It is only rather recently that ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
624
Condition
New
Number of Pages
606
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781468408195
SKU
V9781468408195
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