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

Carroll, Sean B.; B. Carroll, Sean

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ISBN 10: 0297850946 ISBN 13: 9780297850946

Casa editrice: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2006

Riassunto

Evo Devo is evolutionary development biology, the third revolution in evolutionary biology. The first was marked by the publication of The Origin of Spec ies. The second occurred in the early 20th century, when Darwin's theories were merged with the study of genetics. Now the insights of Evo Devo are astonishing the biology world by showing how the endless forms of animals - butterflies and zebras, trilobites and dinosaurs, apes and humans - are made and evolved. Perhaps the most surprising finding of Evo Devo is the discovery that a small number of primitive genes led to the formation of fundamental organs and appendages in all animal forms. The gene that causes humans to form arms and legs is the same gene that causes birds and insects to form wings, and fish to form fins. Similarly, one ancient gene has led to the creation of eyes across the animal kingdom. Changes in the way this ancient toolkit of genes is used have created all the diversity that surrounds us. Sean Carroll is the ideal author to lead the curious on this intellectual adventure. He is the acknowledged leader of the field, and his seminal discoveries have been featured in Time and the New York Times.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Sean B. Carroll is an investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and professor of genetics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He lives in Madison.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
• Data di pubblicazione: 2006
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0297850946
• ISBN 13: 9780297850946
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 288
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• Persona responsabile: non disponibile