Animal Anomalies: What Abnormal Anatomies Reveal about Normal Development

by Lewis I Held Jr and Lewis I. Held Jr.

Book Overview

Among the offspring of humans and other animals are occasional individuals that are malformed in whole or in part. The most grossly abnormal of these have been referred to from ancient times as monsters, because their birth was thought to foretell doom; the less severely affected are usually known as anomalies. This volume digs deeply into the cellular and molecular processes of embryonic development that go awry in such exceptional situations. It...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108819745
• ISBN13: 9781108819749
• Release Date: May 2021
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 294 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.7" x 9.4"