عنوان

How the snake lost its legs :

شابک

1107030447 (hardback)

شابک

1107621399 (paperback)

شابک

9781107030442 (hardback)

شابک

9781107621398 (paperback)

شماره

dltt

عنوان اصلي

How the snake lost its legs :

نام عام مواد

[Book]

ساير اطلاعات عنواني

curious tales from the frontier of evo-devo /

نام نخستين پديدآور

Lewis I. Held, Jr

نام خاص و کميت اثر

xii, 285 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :

ساير جزييات

illustrations (some color) ;

ابعاد

26 cm

متن يادداشت

Includes bibliographical references and index

متن يادداشت

1. The first two-sided animal -- 2. The fly -- 3. The butterfly -- 4. The snake -- 5. The cheetah -- 6. An evo-devo bestiary

بدون عنوان

0

متن يادداشت

"How did the zebra really get its stripes, and the giraffe its long neck? What is the science behind camel humps, leopard spots, and other animal oddities? Such questions have fascinated us for centuries, but the expanding field of evo-devo (evolutionary developmental biology) is now providing, for the first time, a wealth of insights and answers. Taking inspiration from Kipling's 'Just So Stories', this book weaves emerging insights from evo-devo into a narrative that provides startling explanations for the origin and evolution of traits across the animal kingdom. Held's unique and engaging style makes this narrative both enlightening and entertaining, guiding students and researchers through even complex concepts and encouraging a fuller understanding of the latest developments in the field. The first five chapters cover the first bilaterally symmetric animals, flies, butterflies, snakes, and cheetahs. A final chapter surveys recent results about a menagerie of other animals"--

موضوع مستند نشده

Developmental biology

موضوع مستند نشده

Evolution (Biology)

شماره

ويراست

شماره رده

نشانه اثر

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Held, Lewis I.,Jr.,1951-

تاريخ عمليات

20140506092336.0

قواعد فهرست نويسي ( بخش توصيفي )

rda

نام الکترونيکي

نوع ماده

[Book]

تكميل شده

Y