How the snake lost its legs : curious tales from the frontier of evo-devo / Lewis I. Held, Jr., Texas Tech University, USA.

Held, Lewis I., Jr., 1951-

Call Number	576.8
Author	Held, Lewis I., Jr., 1951- author.
Title	How the snake lost its legs : curious tales from the frontier of evo-devo / Lewis I. Held, Jr., Texas Tech University, USA.
Physical Description	1 online resource (xii, 285 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
Notes	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Contents	1. The first two-sided animal -- 2. The fly -- 3. The butterfly -- 4. The snake -- 5. The cheetah -- 6. An evo-devo bestiary -- Epilogue -- Glossary.
Summary	How did the zebra really get its stripes, and the giraffe its long neck? What is the science behind camel humps, leopard spots, and other animal oddities? Such questions have fascinated us for centuries, but the expanding field of evo-devo (evolutionary developmental biology) is now providing, for the first time, a wealth of insights and answers. Taking inspiration from Kipling's 'Just So Stories', this book weaves emerging insights from evo-devo into a narrative that provides startling explanations for the origin and evolution of traits across the animal kingdom. Held's unique and engaging style makes this narrative both enlightening and entertaining, guiding students and researchers through even complex concepts and encouraging a fuller understanding of the latest developments in the field. The first five chapters cover the first bilaterally symmetric animals, flies, butterflies, snakes, and cheetahs. A final chapter surveys recent results about a menagerie of other animals.
Subject	Evolutionary developmental biology.
Multimedia	https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139343497

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Summary	How did the zebra really get its stripes, and the giraffe its long neck? What is the science behind camel humps, leopard spots, and other animal oddities? Such questions have fascinated us for centuries, but the expanding field of evo-devo (evolutionary developmental biology) is now providing, for the first time, a wealth of insights and answers. Taking inspiration from Kipling's 'Just So Stories', this book weaves emerging insights from evo-devo into a narrative that provides startling explanations for the origin and evolution of traits across the animal kingdom. Held's unique and engaging style makes this narrative both enlightening and entertaining, guiding students and researchers through even complex concepts and encouraging a fuller understanding of the latest developments in the field. The first five chapters cover the first bilaterally symmetric animals, flies, butterflies, snakes, and cheetahs. A final chapter surveys recent results about a menagerie of other animals.
Notes	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Contents	1. The first two-sided animal -- 2. The fly -- 3. The butterfly -- 4. The snake -- 5. The cheetah -- 6. An evo-devo bestiary -- Epilogue -- Glossary.
Subject	Evolutionary developmental biology.
Multimedia	https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139343497