Biological asymmetry and handedness [[electronic resource]]
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| Titolo: |
Biological asymmetry and handedness [[electronic resource]]
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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
MarshJoan
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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.: | 9910830864903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Ciba Foundation symposium ; ; 162.