Lewis I Held: 3 books
Deep Homology?
Uncanny Similarities of Humans and Flies Uncovered by Evo-Devo
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2017
Humans and flies look nothing alike, yet their genetic circuits are remarkably similar. Here, Lewis I. Held, Jr compares the genetics and development of the two to review the evidence for deep homology, the biggest discovery from the emerging field of evolutionary developmental biology. Remnants of...
How the Snake Lost its Legs
Curious Tales from the Frontier of Evo-Devo
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2014
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...
Quirks of Human Anatomy
An Evo-Devo Look at the Human Body
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2009
With the emergence of the new field of evolutionary developmental biology we are witnessing a renaissance of Darwin's insights 150 years after his On the Origin of Species. Thus far, the exciting findings from 'evo-devo' have only been trickling into college courses and into the domain of non-specialists....