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Record Nr.

UNINA9910841253803321

Titolo

Biological asymmetry and handedness [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester ; ; New York, : Wiley, 1991

ISBN

1-282-12238-X

9786612122385

0-470-51416-7

0-470-51417-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (340 p.)

Collana

Ciba Foundation symposium ; ; 162

Altri autori (Persone)

BockGregory

MarshJoan

Disciplina

591.4

Soggetti

Stereochemistry

Left- and right-handedness

Laterality

Morphology (Animals)

Embryology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Editors, Gregory R. Bock and Joan Marsh.

Papers presented at the Symposium on Biological Handedness and Symmetry, held at the Ciba Foundation, London, 20-22 Feb. 1991.

"A Wiley-Interscience publication."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

BIOLOGICAL ASYMMETRY AND HANDEDNESS; Contents; Introduction; Origins of the handedness of biological molecules; Macromolecular asymmetry; Asymmetry in protein structures; Bacterial motility:handedness and symmetry; lntracellular handedness in ciliates; Two types of bilateral symmetry in the Metazoa: chordate and bilaterian; Asymmetries during molluscan embryogenesis; Handed asymmetry, handedness reversal and mechanisms of cell fate determination in nematode embryos; Development of the left-right axis in amphibians; Development of handed body asymmetry in mammals

Establishment of left-right asymmetry in vertebrates: genetically distinct steps are involvedAsymmetries of cerebral neuroanatomy; The asymmetrical genetic determination of Iaterality: flatfish, frogs and



human handedness; The inheritance of left-handedness; Disturbance of morpho ogical laterality in humans; Laterality and motor control; Final general discussion; The evolution of human laterality; Summing-up; Index of contributors; Subject index

Sommario/riassunto

Examines the progress of leading scientists working on various aspects of handedness in order to consider the occurrence of handedness in the biological world. Provides in-depth coverage of the origin and development of morphological asymmetry occurring in most types of living organisms.