Molecular Geometry of Body Pattern in Birds

After having read this book you will never see birds in the same way again. The unexpected patterns displayed by a bird's body have been seen as bizarre events that demanded little attention or were described as 'amazing curiosities'. None of these surprising features seem to be coinc...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lima-de-Faria, Antonio (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
Edición:1st ed. 2012.
Temas:
Genetics.
Developmental biology.
Evolution (Biology).
Cytology.
Genetics and Genomics.
Developmental Biology and Stem Cells.
Evolutionary Biology.
Cell Biology.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • The Molecular Determination of a Bird's Pattern
  • The Occurrence of Conspicuous Feathers at Different Body Locations and Their Genetic Interdependence
  • The Evolution of the Birds
  • The Bird Genome and the Molecular Determination of Wings, Legs and Beaks
  • The Mental Ability of Birds Takes Many Forms
  • How to Redesign the Body Pattern of an Organism
  • The Molecular Geometry
  • The Symmetry of Birds Emerges as the Expression of an Uninterrupted Atomic Order
  • Order is Present at Every Level but is not Total
  • A Bird's Plumage is a Stage Curtain Hiding a Molecular Scenario - An Overview
  • References.

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