The art of genes : how organisms make themselves / Enrico Coen.
The art of genes : how organisms make themselves / Enrico Coen.
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Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1999.
Date
1999.
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T0393793
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English
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viii, 386 p. : ill.
Contents
1. Painting a picture -- 2. Copying and creating -- 3. A question of interpretation -- 4. A case of mistaken identity -- 5. The internal world of colour -- 6. Evolution of locks and keys -- 7. The hidden skeleton -- 8. The expanding canvas -- 9. Refining a pattern -- 10. Creative reproduction -- 11....
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Publisher
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1999.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
1999.
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Summary
Through a highly original synthesis of science and art, Enrico Coen vividly describes this revolution in our understanding of how plants and animals develop. Drawing on a wide range of material - from flowers growing petals instead of sex organs, and flies that develop an extra pair of wings, to works of art by Leonardo and Magritte - he explains t...
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The art of genes : how organisms make themselves / Enrico Coen.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Transferred from N571.8/1.
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T0393793
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74VvM4Oo0Mxb
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ISBN
0198503431 (hbk)
9780198503439
0198503431
9780198503439 (hbk)
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571.8
MMS ID
991007295619702626
