Endless Forms Most Beautiful: The New Science of Evo Devo

Carroll, Sean B.

ISBN 10: 0393060160 / ISBN 13: 9780393060164

Published by W. W. Norton & Company, New York, 2005

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Hardcover with dust jacket ? 3/4 blue cloth over boards with gold lettering stamped on spine. Glossy illustrated DJ. Sewn binding. xi + 350 pages, illustrated with b/w text photographs and line drawings, and 16 full page plates of color photographs, sources and further reading, index. 1st Edition, 1st Printing (full number line, no remainder mark). CONDITION: Book FINE, binding square and tight, pages bright and unmarked; appears unread and as new; DJ FINE, faint rubbing, else as new; not clipped, protected in a clear archival (Mylar) cover. CONTENT: "Leading scientist Sean B. Carroll opens the black box of the exciting new field of evo devo [evolutionary developmental biology] for the general reader" - from the DJ. >Guaranteed secure packaging, free tracking, and no-hassle return policy.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Endless Forms Most Beautiful: The New Science of Evo Devo
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, New York
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0393060160
• ISBN 13: 9780393060164
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Biological Sciences
  • Nature & Ecology

About this title

Synopsis

What Brian Greene did for string theory, Sean Carroll―a leading biologist―does for Evo Devo.

Evo Devo is evolutionary developmental biology, the third revolution in evolutionary biology. The first was marked by the publication of The Origin of Species. The second occurred in the early twentieth century, when Darwin's theories were merged with the study of genetics. Now the insights of Evo Devo are astonishing the biology world by showing how the endless forms of animals―butterflies and zebras, trilobites and dinosaurs, apes and humans, are made and evolved.

Perhaps the most surprising finding of Evo Devo is the discovery that a small number of primitive genes led to the formation of fundamental organs and appendages in all animal forms. The gene that causes humans to form arms and legs is the same gene that causes birds and insects to form wings, and fish to form fins; similarly, one ancient gene has led to the creation of eyes across the animal kingdom. Changes in the way this ancient tool kit of genes is used have created all the diversity that surrounds us.

Sean Carroll is the ideal author to lead the curious on this intellectual adventure―he is the acknowledged leader of the field, and his seminal discoveries have been featured in Time and The New York Times. 16 pages of color and 100 black-and-white illustrations

About the Author

Sean B. Carroll is professor of genetics at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. His first book, Endless Forms Most Beautiful, was a finalist for the 2005 Los Angeles Times Book Prize. Carroll’s seminal scientific work has been featured in Time and The New Yorker. He lives in Madison, Wisconsin.