| Biased Embryos and Evolution Contributor(s): Arthur, Wallace (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521833825 ISBN-13: 9780521833820 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $114.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2004 Annotation: Aimed primarily at a general readership and college students of biology, this book focuses on the question of how embryonic development changes in the course of evolution, thus giving rise to new types of creatures. It takes the view that biases in the ways that embryos can be altered are as important as natural selection in determining the directions that evolution has taken, including the one that led to the origin of humans. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Life Sciences - Biology - Science | Life Sciences - Developmental Biology - Medical |
| Dewey: 571.8 |
| LCCN: 2003062621 |
| Physical Information: 0.69" H x 6" W x 9" (1.18 lbs) 248 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Contributor Bio(s): Arthur, Wallace: - Professor Wallace Arthur is in the Integrative Biology Group at the University of Sunderland, UK. He is the author of six previous books. |