Hox Genes: Studies from the 20th to the 21st Century

Book Overview

In his 1894 book, Materials for the Study of Variation, William Bateson coined the term Homoeosis with the following prose: The case of the modification of the antenna of an insect into a foot, of the eye of a Crustacean into an antenna, of a petal into a stamen, and the like, are examples of the same kind. It is desirable and indeed necessary that such Variations, which consist in the assumption by one member of a Meristic series, of the form or...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1441966722
• ISBN13: 9781441966728
• Release Date: May 2010
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 169 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.7" x 10.2"