Understanding Development

Using familiar examples and clear arguments, this volume offers fresh alternatives to widespread misconceptions about biological development.

Table des matières

1. Defining development, If possible; 2. Cells and development; 3. Development as the history of the individual; 4. Revisiting the embryo; 5. Developmental sequences: sustainability vs adaptation; 6. Genes and development; 7. Emerging form; 8. The ecology of development; Concluding remarks.

A propos de l'auteur

Alessandro Minelli is a former Professor of Zoology and, in retirement, a senior scientist at the University of Padova, Italy. He is an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society and the Italian Society for Developmental and Cell Biology. He is the author of numerous books on evolutionary and developmental biology, including The Development of Animal Form (Cambridge, 2003), Plant Evolutionary Developmental Biology (Cambridge, 2018) and The Biology of Reproduction (Cambridge, 2019).

Résumé

Using familiar examples and easy-to-follow arguments, this concise book offers fresh alternatives to a number of widespread misconceptions about development. It will appeal to anyone interested in novel views and ideas in biology, including biologists, science educators, philosophers, students and general readers.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Alessandro Minelli, Minelli Alessandro
• Edition: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 30.04.2021
• EAN: 9781108799232
• ISBN: 978-1-108-79923-2
• Pages: 192
• Thème: Understanding Life
• Catégories: Littérature spécialisée > Nature, technique > Sciences naturelles; Sciences naturelles, médecine, informatique, technique > Sciences naturelles en général; Evolution, SCIENCE / History, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Evolution, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Developmental Biology, SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Molecular Biology, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Cell Biology, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Genetics & Genomics, Philosophy of Science, molecular biology, History of Science, Cellular biology (cytology), Genetics (non-medical), Developmental biology, Evolution / Evolutionary biology