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Titolo: |
Biological asymmetry and handedness
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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
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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 ![]() |
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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