Binding: Paperback
Description: Developmental biology is seemingly well understood with development widely accepted as being a series of programmed changes through which an egg turns into an adult organism or a seed matures into a plant. However the picture is much more complex than that: is it all genetically controlled or does environment have an influence? Is the final adult stage the target of development and everything else just a build - up to that point? Are developmental strategies the same in plants as in animals? How do we consider development in single - celled organisms? In this concise engaging volume Alessandro Minelli a leading developmental biologist addresses these key questions. Using familiar examples and easy - to - follow arguments he offers fresh alternatives to a number of preconceptions and stereotypes awakening the reader to the disparity of developmental phenomena across all main branches of the tree of life.
Title: Understanding Development
Author(s): Minelli Alessandro
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Barcode: 9781108799232
Pages: 192 Pages, Worked Examples Or Exercises
Publication Date: 7/8/2021
Series: Understanding Life
Category: Cellular Biology (Cytology)