From cell to organism : readings from Scientific American /

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Altri autori: Kennedy, Donald, 1931-
Natura: Libro
Lingua:English
Pubblicazione: San Francisco : W.H. Freeman, c1967.
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Sommario:
  • Differentiation in social amoebae / John Tyler Bonner
  • The organizer / George W. Gray
  • Embryological origin of muscle / Irwin R. Konigsberg
  • Light and plant development / W. L. Butler and Robert J. Downs
  • The kidney / Homer W. Smith
  • The heart / Carl J. Wiggers
  • The microcirculation of the blood / Benjamin W. Zweifach
  • How sap moves in trees / Martin H. Zimmermann
  • The human thermostat / T. H. Benzinger
  • The master switch of life / P. F. Scholander
  • The desert rat / Knut and Bodil Schmidt-Nielsen
  • Hormones and genes / Eric H. Davidson
  • Biological transducers / Werner R. Loewenstein
  • The ear / Georg von Békésy
  • Eye and camera / George Wald
  • Visual pigments in man / W. A. H. Rushton
  • The synapse / Sir John Eccles
  • The visual cortex of the brain / David H. Hubel
  • The growth of nerve circuits / R. W. Sperry
  • Learning in the octopus / Brian B. Boycott
  • Electric location by fishes / H. W. Lissmann
  • Moths and ultrasound / Kenneth D. Roeder
  • The reproductive behavior of ring doves / by Daniel S. Lehrman
  • Pheromones / Edward O. Wilson.