First Signals : : The Evolution of Multicellular Development / / John Tyler Bonner.

The enormous recent success of molecular developmental biology has yielded a vast amount of new information on the details of development. So much so that we risk losing sight of the underlying principles that apply to all development. To cut through this thicket, John Tyler Bonner ponders a moment...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
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Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2009]
©2001
Year of Publication:2009
Edition:Core Textbook
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (156 p.) :; 30 line illus.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • PREFACE
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. From Embryology to Developmental Biology
  • 3. The Origin of Multicellularity
  • 4. Size and Evolution
  • 5. The Evolution of Signaling
  • 6. The Basic Elements of Multicellular Development
  • 7. Development in the Cellular Slime Molds
  • 8. Conclusion
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX