Understanding Development
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Developmental biology is seemingly well understood, with development widely accepted as being a series of programmed changes through which an egg turns into an adult organism, or a seed matures into a plant. However, the picture is much more complex than that: is it all genetically controlled or does environment have an influence? Is the final adult stage the target of development and everything else just a build-up to that point? Are developmental strategies the same in plants as in animals? How do we consider development in single-celled organisms? In this concise, engaging volume, Alessandro Minelli, a leading developmental biologist, addresses these key questions. Using familiar examples and easy-to-follow arguments, he offers fresh alternatives to a number of preconceptions and stereotypes, awakening the reader to the disparity of developmental phenomena across all main branches of the tree of life.
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- ISBN-13: 9781108799232
- ISBN-10: 110879923X
- Publisher: Cambridge University Press
- Publish Date: May 2021
- Dimensions: 7 x 7.8 x 0.4 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.5 pounds
- Page Count: 192
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