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
Summary
Annotation The unexpected patterns displayed by a bird's body have been seen as bizarre events or described as 'amazing curiosities'. Rather, they appear to be an integral part of a rigid order and a coherent geometry, which is directed by simple gene interactions and molecular cascades occurring during the organism's development
