Sixty Years of Biology Essays on Evolution & Development

Bonner, John Tyler

ISBN 10: 0691021309 / ISBN 13: 9780691021300

Published by Princeton University Press, 1996

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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Library sticker on front cover. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,400grams, ISBN:0691021309.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Sixty Years of Biology Essays on Evolution & Development
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0691021309
• ISBN 13: 9780691021300
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 400 grams
• Seller catalogs:
  • Biology

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Synopsis

John Tyler Bonner, a major participant in the development of biology as an experimental science, is the author not only of important monographs but also of a wonderfully readable book, Life Cycles, which is both a personal memoir and a profound commentary on the central themes of biology. This volume of essays presents new material that extends the concepts from Life Cycles and his other writings. Its originality lies in comparing key basic biological processes at different levels, from molecular interactions through multicellular development to behavior and social interactions. The first chapter in the book discusses self-organization and natural selection; the second, competition and natural selection; and the third, gene accumulation and gene silencing. The fourth chapter examines the division of labor in organisms at all levels: within the organelles of a cell, within groups of cells in the guise of differentiation, within groups of individuals in an animal society, and within our culturally determined human societies. The work closes with a charming personal history of sixty years of changes in the field of biology, including the transformation in the ways that research work is funded.

Originally published in 1996.

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About the Author

John Tyler Bonner is George M. Moffett Professor of Biology Emeritus at Princeton University.