| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 301 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-293) and index. |
| Contents |
Foreword / Michael Ghiselin -- Ch. 1. Microscope and the cell -- Cell theory -- Problem of generation -- Problem of embryonic development -- Two versions of the cell theory -- Mechanism -- Chemical machine -- Computer model -- Autopoietic cell -- Epigenetic cell -- Ch. 2. Theories of evolution -- Traditional biology -- Lamarck's contribution -- Darwin's bet -- Natural selection -- Organs of extreme perfection -- Common descent -- Second mechanism of evolution -- Modern Synthesis -- Molecular evolution -- Third mechanism of evolution -- Macroevolution -- Where is biology going to? -- Ch. 3. A new model for biology -- Logic of embryonic development. |
| Summary |
Marcello Barbieri sets out his theory that there are many more organic codes in nature than the genetic code. The existence of these codes can be used to explain the major steps in the evolutionary history of life, and processes like epigenesis and complexity generation in embryos. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Biology -- Philosophy.
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Biology -- Philosophy. |
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Semantics (Philosophy)
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Semantics (Philosophy) |
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Evolution (Biology)
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Evolution (Biology) |
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Developmental biology.
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Developmental biology. |
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Epigenesis -- Mathematical models.
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Epigenesis. |
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Mathematical models. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Barbieri, Marcello. Organic codes. Cambridge, UK. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003 0521824141 0521531004 (DLC) 2002073767 (OCoLC)50124603 |
| ISBN |
051107865X (electronic book) |
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9780511078651 (electronic book) |
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0511170408 (electronic book) |
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9780511170409 (electronic book) |
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9780511614019 (electronic book) |
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0511614012 (electronic book) |
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9780511077081 (electronic book) |
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0511077084 (electronic book) |
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128043662X |
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9781280436628 |
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0521824141 (Cloth) |
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9780521824149 |
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0521531004 |
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9780521531009 |
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