Gehring begins his story by looking at the work of the many researchers who laid the foundation for the fields of molecular, cellular, and developmental biology, providing insightful vignettes of past and present investigators. He then describes his laboratory's hunt for the gene that caused odd mutations in the fruitfly -- in which, for example, antennae on the head were transformed into legs. He explains that researchers eventually found that fine same master control genes that dictate the body plan in flies also pattern human bodies, limbs, hands, heart, and brain. And he illustrates the universality of the genetic control of development by describing the development of the eye; eyes as different as those of humans, squids, and flies, he shows, develop under the same master control gene.
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Gehring begins his story by looking at the work of the many researchers who laid the foundation for the fields of molecular, cellular, and developmental biology, providing insightful vignettes of past and present investigators. He then describes his laboratory's hunt for the gene that caused odd mutations in the fruitfly -- in which, for example, antennae on the head were transformed into legs. He explains that researchers eventually found that fine same master control genes that dictate the body plan in flies also pattern human bodies, limbs, hands, heart, and brain. And he illustrates the universality of the genetic control of development by describing the development of the eye; eyes as different as those of humans, squids, and flies, he shows, develop under the same master control gene.
Imprint | Yale University Press |
Country of origin | United States |
Series | The Terry Lectures |
Release date | 1999 |
Availability | Supplier out of stock. If you add this item to your wish list we will let you know when it becomes available. |
First published | November 1998 |
Authors | Walter J. Gehring |
Foreword by | Frank Ruddle |
Dimensions | 234 x 156 x 25mm (L x W x T) |
Format | Hardcover |
Pages | 250 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-300-07409-3 |
Barcode | 9780300074093 |
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LSN | 0-300-07409-3 |