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Biological asymmetry and handedness



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Titolo: Biological asymmetry and handedness Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Chichester ; ; New York, : Wiley, 1991
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (340 p.)
Disciplina: 591.4
Soggetto topico: Stereochemistry
Left- and right-handedness
Laterality
Morphology (Animals)
Embryology
Altri autori: BockGregory  
MarshJoan  
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.
Titolo autorizzato: Biological asymmetry and handedness  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-282-12238-X
9786612122385
0-470-51416-7
0-470-51417-5
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910877642903321
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Serie: Ciba Foundation symposium ; ; 162.