Denying Evolution aims at taking a fresh look at the evolution-creation controversy, dividing the blame equally between creationists and scientists: the former for subscribing to various forms of anti ... Read more
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New to this Edition:
An increased emphasis on stem cells, which are covered extensively and early in the book.
Sex determination and gametogenesis, instead of being near the end of the volume, ... Read more
A focused and streamlined presentation of essential content highlights the important principles of each section
A new feature—"Further Development"—makes for easy distinction between foundational ... Read more
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Written by the most distinguished developmental biologist in the UK and one of the most repespected names in the field worldwide
Explores how fertiziled eggs develop, the process of cell division ... Read more
Explains how science and scientific methods have advanced our understanding of dinosaurs as living animals
Discusses some of the latest break-throughs in the study of dinosaurs, and the links bet ... Read more
Covers a broad spectrum of DNA applications including medical and genealogical
Written in a style accessible for the non-scientist
Chapters on specific DNA issues and debates, including GMO foo ... Read more
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Evolutionary change is usually incremental and continuous, but some increases in organizational complexity have been radical and divisive. Evolutionary biologists, who refer to such events as "major t ... Read more
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Evolutionary change is usually incremental and continuous, but some increases in organizational complexity have been radical and divisive. Evolutionary biologists, who refer to such events as "major t ... Read more
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The only book that, in one place:
- details the three main epigenetic sources of phenotype: symbionts, altered chromatin structure, and plasticity.
- discusses the various ways that development ... Read more
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Epigenetics is the study of heritable changes in gene function that do not involve changes in the DNA sequence. These changes, consisting principally of DNA methylation, histone modifications, and non ... Read more
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