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Epigenetic principles of evolution /
This is the first and only book, so far, to deal with the causal basis of evolution from an epigenetic view. By revealing the epigenetic "user" of the "genetic toolkit", this book demonstrates the primacy of epigenetic mechanisms and epigenetic information in generating evolution...
| Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés |
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London :
Elsevier,
2012.
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| Édition: | 1st ed. |
| Collection: | Elsevier insights.
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| Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
| Résumé: | This is the first and only book, so far, to deal with the causal basis of evolution from an epigenetic view. By revealing the epigenetic "user" of the "genetic toolkit", this book demonstrates the primacy of epigenetic mechanisms and epigenetic information in generating evolutionary novelties. The author convincingly supports his theory with a host of examples from the most varied fields of biology, by emphasizing changes in developmental pathways as the basic source of evolutionary change in metazoans.Original and thought-provoking - a radically new theory that overcomes the present dif. |
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| Description matérielle: | 1 online resource (xlii, 804 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9780124158511 012415851X 1283348071 9781283348072 |