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

• Autore: Coen Enrico
• Pubblicazione: Oxford, : Oxford University Press, c1999
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (viii, 386p. ) : ill., facsims
• Disciplina: 571.8
• Soggetto topico: Developmental biology; Evolution (Biology); Genetics; Creative ability
• Note generali: Originally published: 1999.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [367]-372) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover -- Contents -- 1 Painting a picture -- 2 Copying and creating -- 3 A question of interpretation -- 4 A case of mistaken identity -- 5 The internal world of colour -- 6 Evolution of locks and keys -- 7 The hidden skeleton -- 8 The expanding canvas -- 9 Refining a pattern -- 10 Creative reproduction -- 11 Scents and sensitivities -- 12 Responding to the environment -- 13 Elaborating on asymmetry -- 14 Beneath the surface -- 15 Themes and variations -- 16 Shifting forms -- 17 The story of colour -- 18 The art of Heath Robinson -- Sources of quotations -- Bibliography -- Glossary -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- G -- H -- I -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Figure acknowledgements -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: The art of genes
• ISBN: 1-280-69882-9; 9786613675781; 0-19-158767-2; 0-585-12944-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910812255703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II