The art of genes : how organisms make themselves /
Coen's book is spiced with historic quotations and examples of plants' and animals' intriguing behaviour contains a wealth of interesting material Coen communicates his immense learning with a hundred appealing tales'Max PerutzHow is a tiny fertilised egg able to turn itself into...
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Contents; 1 Painting a picture; 2 Copying and creating; 3 A question of interpretation; 4 A case of mistaken identity; 5 The internal world of colour; 6 Evolution of locks and keys; 7 The hidden skeleton; 8 The expanding canvas; 9 Refining a pattern; 10 Creative reproduction; 11 Scents and sensitivities; 12 Responding to the environment; 13 Elaborating on asymmetry; 14 Beneath the surface; 15 Themes and variations; 16 Shifting forms; 17 The story of colour; 18 The art of Heath Robinson; Sources of quotations; Bibliography; Glossary; A; B; C; D; E; G; H; I; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V.
