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Endless Forms Most Beautiful：The New Science of Evo Devo

内容简介

EvoDevoisevolutionarydevelopmentbiology,thethirdrevolutioninevolutionarybiology.ThefirstwasmarkedbythepublicationofTheOriginofSpecies.Thesecondoccurredintheearly20thcentury,whenDarwin'stheoriesweremergedwiththestudyofgenetics.NowtheinsightsofEvoDevoareastonishingthebiologyworldbyshowinghowtheendlessformsofanimals-butterfliesandzebras,trilobitesanddinosaurs,apesandhumans-aremadeandevolved.PerhapsthemostsurprisingfindingofEvoDevoisthediscoverythatasmallnumberofprimitivegenesledtotheformationoffundamentalorgansandappendagesinallanimalforms.Thegenethatcauseshumanstoformarmsandlegsisthesamegenethatcausesbirdsandinsectstoformwings,andfishtoformfins.Similarly,oneancientgenehasledtothecreationofeyesacrosstheanimalkingdom.Changesinthewaythisancienttoolkitofgenesisusedhavecreatedallthediversitythatsurroundsus.SeanCarrollistheidealauthortoleadthecuriousonthisintellectualadventure.Heistheacknowledgedleaderofthefield,andhisseminaldiscoverieshavebeenfeaturedinTimeandtheNewYorkTimes.--Thistextreferstoanoutofprintorunavailableeditionofthistitle.

作者简介

SeanB.CarrollisaninvestigatorattheHowardHughesMedicalInstituteandprofessorofgeneticsattheUniversityofWisconsin-Madison.HelivesinMadison.--Thistextreferstoanoutofprintorunavailableeditionofthistitle.

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