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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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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
©1999.
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Full text (Wentworth users only) |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | 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 a human being? How can an acorn transform itself into an oak tree? Over the past twenty years there has been a revolution in biology. For the first time we have begun to understand how organisms make themselves. The Art of Genes gives an account of these new and exciting findings, and of their broader significance for. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (viii, 386 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 367-372) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191587672 0191587672 0585129444 9780585129440 1280698829 9781280698828 9786613675781 6613675784 |
| Language: | English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |