The art of genes : how organisms make themselves /
Enrico Coen.
- New York : Oxford University Press, 1999.
- vii, 386 p. : ill ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 367-372) and index.
Printing a picture -- Copying and creating -- A question of interpretation -- A case of mistaken identity -- The internal world of colour -- Evolution locks and keys -- The hidden skeleton -- The expanding canvas -- Creative reproduction -- Scents and sensitivities -- Responding to the environment -- Elaborating on asymmetry -- Beneath the surface -- Themes and variations -- Shifting forms -- The story of colour -- The art of Heath Robinson.
Choice. Science Books & Films (A.A.A.S.).
Studies the latest biological findings that have helped scientists learn how organisms make themselves.