Endless Forms Most Beautiful: The New Science of Evo Devo and the Making of the Animal KingdomW. W. Norton & Company, 2005 - 350 páginas An introduction to evolutionary developmental biology demonstrates how the many forms of animals evolved and came into being, documenting how the Evo Devo branch of science proved that all animal organs and appendages, from arms and legs to wings and fins, were created from a small number of primitive genes. |
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Butterflies Zebras and Embryos | 1 |
Required | 81 |
Instructions for the Tool Kit | 109 |
Fossils Genes and the Making | 133 |
Inventions | 167 |
The Making of Homo sapiens 249 | 249 |
Endless Forms Most Beautiful | 281 |
Sources and Further Reading 507 | 307 |
Acknowledgments 529 | 329 |
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