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First Signals : The Evolution of Multicellular Development /

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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bonner, John Tyler
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2000.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • From embryology to developmental biology
  • The origin of multicellularity
  • Size and evolution
  • The evolution of signaling
  • The basic elements of multicellular development
  • Development in the cellular slime molds
  • Conclusion.