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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778643403321

Autore

Coen Enrico

Titolo

The art of genes [[electronic resource] ] : how organisms make themselves / / Enrico Coen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Oxford University Press, c1999

ISBN

1-280-69882-9

9786613675781

0-19-158767-2

0-585-12944-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (viii, 386p. ) : ill., facsims

Disciplina

571.8

Soggetti

Developmental biology

Evolution (Biology)

Genetics

Creative ability

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published: 1999.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [367]-372) and index.

Sommario/riassunto

In this highly original synthesis of art and science, Enrico Coen describes the recent revolution in human understanding of how plants and animals develop and how this offers fresh insights into evolution and human creativity.