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The art of genes : how organisms make themselves / Enrico Coen.

Title: The art of genes : how organisms make themselves / Enrico Coen.
Author: Coen, Enrico.
Publication: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1999.

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Description

viii, 386 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Summary

"Through a highly original synthesis of science and art, Enrico Coen vividly describes this revolution in our understanding of how plants and animals develop. Drawing on a wide range of material - from flowers growing petals instead of sex organs, and flies that develop an extra pair of wings, to works of art by Leonardo and Magritte - he explains the language and meaning of genes. He arrives at fresh and exciting insights into the nature of evolution, development, and human creativity."--Jacket.

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Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

1. Painting a picture -- 2. Copying and creating -- 3. A question of interpretation -- 4. A case of mistaken identity -- 5. The internal world of colour -- 6. Evolution of locks and keys -- 7. The hidden skeleton -- 8. The expanding canvas -- 9. Refining a pattern -- 10. Creative reproduction -- 11. Scents and sensitivities -- 12. Responding to the environment -- 13. Elaborating on asymmetry -- 14. Beneath the surface -- 15. Themes and variations -- 16. Shifting forms -- 17. The story of colour -- 18. The art of Heath Robinson.

ISBN

0198503431

LCCN

^^^98031453^

OCLC

39930390
SCSB-10406982

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Harvard Library