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Developmental Biology

Paperback • 2011 • English

Developmental Biology: A Very Short Introduction

By Lewis Wolpert

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From a single cell - a fertilized egg - comes an elephant, a fly, or a human. How does this astonishing feat happen? How does the egg 'know' what to become? How does it divide into the different cells, the separate tissues, the brain, the fingernail - every tiniest detail of the growing foetus? These are the questions that the field of developmental biology seeks to answer. It is an area that is closely linked to genetics, evolution, and molecular biology. The processes are deeply rooted in evol...Show more

Life sciences: general issues
Developmental biology
Molecular biology

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ISBN

9780199601196

Publisher

OUP Oxford

Published year

2011

Language

English

Original title

Developmental Biology

Format

Paperback

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