Lewis Held, Lewis I. Jr. Held

How the Snake Lost Its Legs

Curious Tales from the Frontier of Evo-Devo

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book explores the latest developments in evo-devo to explain the science behind tiger stripes, camel humps, and other fascinating animal traits.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 306
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Juni 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 250mm x 175mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 712g
• ISBN-13: 9781107030442
• ISBN-10: 1107030447
• Artikelnr.: 40189362

Autorenporträt

Lewis I. Held, Jr is Associate Professor of Biology at Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, USA. He has taught developmental biology and human embryology to pre-medical students for 27 years, and received the 2010 Professing Excellence Award and the 1995 President's Excellence in Teaching Medal (Texas Tech University). He is also the author of Quirks of Human Anatomy (Cambridge, 2009), Imaginal Discs (Cambridge, 2002) and Models for Embryonic Periodicity (1992).

Inhaltsangabe

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