Freaks of nature : and what they tell us about development and evolution /

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From two-legged goats and double-headed snakes, to 'Cyclops' infants with a single eye in the middle of their forehead, Mark S. Blumberg looks at 'freak' bodily anomalies in both humans and other animals to reveal how such deformities provide valuable windows on the intimate conn...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Blumberg, Mark Samuel, 1961-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Temas:
Abnormalities, Human.
Animals > Abnormalities.
Evolution (Biology) > Popular works.
Natural selection.
Monsters.
Congenital Abnormalities > history
Human Body
Animaux > Malformations.
Monstres.
MEDICAL > Evidence-Based Medicine.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > General.
MEDICAL > Diseases.
MEDICAL > Internal Medicine.
MEDICAL > Clinical Medicine.
Evolution (Biology)
Popular works.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • List of Illustrations; Introduction; ONE: A PARLIAMENT OF MONSTERS: On the Breadth and Scope of Developmental Anomalies; TWO: ARRESTING FEATURES: Development is All about Time; THREE: DO THE LOCOMOTION: How We Learn to Move Our Bodies; FOUR: LIFE AND LIMB: How Limbs are Made, Lost, Replaced and Transformed; FIVE: ANYTHING GOES: When it Comes to Sex, Expect Ambiguity; EPILOGUE: MONSTROUS BEHAVIOUR: Much to Learn from the Odd and Unusual; Acknowledgments; Notes; Sources and Suggested Reading; Author Index; Subject Index.

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