Developmental Biology: A Very Short Introduction
(Part of the Very Short Introductions Series and Oxford's Very Short Introductions series Series)
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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 fetus? In this Very Short Introduction, renowned scientist Lewis Wolpert shows how the field of developmental biology seeks to answer these profound questions. A distinguished...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0199601194
ISBN13:9780199601196
Release Date:September 2011
Publisher:Oxford University Press
Length:160 Pages
Weight:0.95 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 4.3" x 6.7"
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