TY  - BOOK
AU  - Minelli,Alessandro
TI  - Understanding Development
T2  - Understanding Life Ser
SN  - 9781108865500
AV  - QH491 .M564 2021
U1  - 571.8 
PY  - 2021///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations
KW  - Developmental Biology
KW  - Evolutionary developmental biology
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - ALA COVID Relief Fund; Includes bibliographical references and index.; 1. Defining Development, if Possible -- 2. Cells and Development -- 3. Development as the History of the Individual -- 4. Revisiting the Embryo -- 5. Developmental Sequences: Sustainability versus Adaptation -- 6. Genes and Development -- 7. Emerging Form -- 8. The Ecology of Development -- Concluding Remarks -- Summary of Common Misunderstandings -- Classification -- References and Further Reading -- Index
N2  - Developmental biology is seemingly well understood, with development widely accepted as being a series of programmed changes through which an egg turns into an adult organism, or a seed matures into a plant. However, the picture is much more complex than that: is it all genetically controlled or does environment have an influence? Is the final adult stage the target of development and everything else just a build-up to that point? Are developmental strategies the same in plants as in animals? How do we consider development in single-celled organisms? In this concise, engaging volume, Alessandro Minelli, a leading developmental biologist, addresses these key questions. Using familiar examples and easy-to-follow arguments, he offers fresh alternatives to a number of preconceptions and stereotypes, awakening the reader to the disparity of developmental phenomena across all main branches of the tree of life
UR  - https://login.ezproxy.pucpr.edu/login?url=https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/pucpr-ebooks/detail.action?docID=6631068
UR  - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/pucpr-ebooks/detail.action?docID=6631068
ER  -