Developmental Biology: A Very Short Introduction

by Lewis Wolpert

Book Overview

From a single cell--a fertilized egg--comes an elephant, a fly, or a human. How does this astonishing feat happen? How does the egg "know" what to become? How does it divide into the different cells, the separate tissues, the brain, the fingernail--every tiniest detail of the growing fetus? In this Very Short Introduction, renowned scientist Lewis Wolpert shows how the field of developmental biology seeks to answer these profound questions. A distinguished...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199601194
• ISBN13: 9780199601196
• Release Date: September 2011
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 4.3" x 6.7"