Molecular Geometry of Body Pattern in Birds

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Lima-de-Faria, Antonio (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Θέματα: Life sciences.; Cell biology.; Developmental biology.; Evolutionary biology.; Animal genetics.; Life Sciences.; Animal Genetics and Genomics.; Developmental Biology.; Evolutionary Biology.; Cell Biology.

After having read this book you will never see birds in the same way again. The unexpected patterns displayed by a bird’s body have been seen as bizarre events that demanded little attention or were described as ‘amazing curiosities’. None of these surprising features seem to be coincidental. Rather...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Introduction
• The Molecular Determination of a Bird’s Pattern
• The Occurrence of Conspicuous Feathers at Different Body Locations and Their Genetic Interdependence
• The Evolution of the Birds
• The Bird Genome and the Molecular Determination of Wings, Legs and Beaks
• The Mental Ability of Birds Takes Many Forms
• How to Redesign the Body Pattern of an Organism
• The Molecular Geometry
• The Symmetry of Birds Emerges as the Expression of an Uninterrupted Atomic Order
• Order is Present at Every Level but is not Total
• A Bird’s Plumage is a Stage Curtain Hiding a Molecular Scenario - An Overview
• References.