Biased Embryos and Evolution (Paperback)

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Aimed primarily at a general readership and college students of biology, this book focuses on the question of how embryonic development changes in the course of evolution, thus giving rise to new types of creatures. It takes the view that biases in the ways that embryos can be altered are as important as natural selection in determining the directions that evolution has taken, including the one that led to the origin of humans.

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• Paperback: 248 pages
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press; 1 edition (June 14, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0521541611
• ISBN-13: 978-0521541619
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #233,299 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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2.0 out of 5 stars Lack details or examples, September 26, 2009

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Lets see, The author wants to say that the constraints on how an embryo can be grown will affect what possible phenotypes are actualised. Well that seems plausible enough, I would be interesting in finding out more about HOW to actually grow an embryo? why cant you grow a wheel and axle? But the author doesn't know, too bad. All he can do is talk about how English he is and how great is its to be English and that development must have _somthing_ to do with evolution, Oh and by they way the author is English.