On the Nature of Limbs - A Discourse

Zusammenfassung Just as Darwin's ideas continue to propel the modern study of adaptation, so too Richard Owen's contributions fuel the interest in homology, organic form, and evolutionary developmental biology. This title offers his theory of the archetype and his views on species origins.

Product details

• Authors: Richard Owen, Richard/ Hall Owen, Owen Richard
• Assisted by: Ronald Amundson (Editor), Coggon Jennifer (Introduction), Hall Brian K. (Foreword), Padian Kevin (Introduction), Winsor Mary P. (Introduction)
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.01.2008
• EAN: 9780226641942
• ISBN: 978-0-226-64194-2
• No. of pages: 119
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 19 mm
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Evolution, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Evolution, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Developmental Biology, Developmental biology, Evolution / Evolutionary biology