Freaks of Nature
And What They Tell Us About Evolution and Development
Seiten
2009
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-921305-4 (ISBN)
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-921305-4 (ISBN)
- Keine Verlagsinformationen verfügbar
- Artikel merken
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 connections between genetics, evolution, development, and the environment.
Two-legged goats, conjoined twins, 'Cyclops' infants with a single eye in the middle of their forehead, double-headed snakes, and Laloo, a man with a partially formed twin attached to his chest...In Freaks of Nature, Mark S. Blumberg turns a scientist's eye on these unusual examples of humans and other animals, showing how a subject once relegated to the sideshow can help explain some of the deepest complexities of biology. These examples of extreme bodily anomalies are in fact the natural products of development, and it is through such developmental mechanisms that evolution works. And Blumberg shows how 'freak' deformities can provide valuable windows on the intimate connections between genetics, development, the environment, and evolution. In taking seriously a subject that has often been shunned as discomfiting and embarrassing, Freaks of Nature takes the perspective of evolutionary developmental biology to shed new light on how individuals-and entire species-develop, survive, and evolve.
Two-legged goats, conjoined twins, 'Cyclops' infants with a single eye in the middle of their forehead, double-headed snakes, and Laloo, a man with a partially formed twin attached to his chest...In Freaks of Nature, Mark S. Blumberg turns a scientist's eye on these unusual examples of humans and other animals, showing how a subject once relegated to the sideshow can help explain some of the deepest complexities of biology. These examples of extreme bodily anomalies are in fact the natural products of development, and it is through such developmental mechanisms that evolution works. And Blumberg shows how 'freak' deformities can provide valuable windows on the intimate connections between genetics, development, the environment, and evolution. In taking seriously a subject that has often been shunned as discomfiting and embarrassing, Freaks of Nature takes the perspective of evolutionary developmental biology to shed new light on how individuals-and entire species-develop, survive, and evolve.
Introduction ; 1. A Parliament Of Monsters ; 2. Arresting Features ; 3. Do The Locomotion ; 4. Life And Limb ; 5. Anything Goes ; Epilogue: Monstrous Behavior
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 22.1.2009 |
---|---|
Zusatzinfo | 33 halftones and drawings |
Verlagsort | Oxford |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 155 x 223 mm |
Gewicht | 542 g |
Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik |
ISBN-10 | 0-19-921305-4 / 0199213054 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-921305-4 / 9780199213054 |
Zustand | Neuware |
Haben Sie eine Frage zum Produkt? |
Mehr entdecken
aus dem Bereich
aus dem Bereich
eine neue Sicht auf unsere Emotionen
Buch | Hardcover (2023)
Rowohlt Taschenbuch (Verlag)
28,00 €
was die Physik über die Welt und das Leben verrät
Buch | Hardcover (2023)
Siedler (Verlag)
26,00 €