Cells to Civilizations : : The Principles of Change That Shape Life /

Cells to Civilizations : : The Principles of Change That Shape Life / / Enrico Coen.

Cells to Civilizations is the first unified account of how life transforms itself--from the production of bacteria to the emergence of complex civilizations. What are the connections between evolving microbes, an egg that develops into an infant, and a child who learns to walk and talk? Award-winnin...

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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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Coen, Enrico,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2012]
©2012
Year of Publication:2012
Edition:Course Book
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (336 p.) :; 20 color illus. 81 halftones. 9 line illus.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • INTRODUCTION. A Recipe for Change
  • ONE. Loops and Lotteries
  • TWO. From Genes to Ecosystems
  • THREE. Conversations of an Embryo
  • FOUR. Completing the Picture
  • FIVE. History in the Making
  • SIX. Humble Responses
  • SEVEN. The Neural Sibyl
  • EIGHT. Learning through Action
  • NINE. Seeing As
  • TEN. Framing Recipes
  • ELEVEN. The Crucible of Culture
  • TWELVE. The Grand Cycle
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • References
  • Illustration Credits
  • Index

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