Cover; 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; Sources of quotations; Bibliography; Glossary; A; B; C; D; E; G; H; I; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V
Summary
Coen's book is spiced with historic quotations and examples of plants' and animals' intriguing behaviour contains a wealth of interesting material Coen communicates his immense learning with a hundred appealing tales'Max PerutzHow is a tiny fertilised egg able to turn itself into a human being? How can an acorn transform itself into an oak tree? Over the past twenty years there has been a revolution in biology. For the first time we have begun to understand how organisms make themselves. The Art of Genes gives an account of these new and exciting findings, and of their broader significance for
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 367-372) and index
