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Freaks of nature : what anomalies tell us about development and evolution

Blumberg, Mark Samuel 1961- (Author).

Summary: "What we see as deformities, Blumberg writes, are merely alternative paths for development, which challenge both the creature itself and our ability to fit it into our familiar categories. Rather than mere dead ends, many anomalies prove surprisingly survivable - as in the case of the goat without forelimbs that learned to walk upright. Blumberg explains how such variations occur, and points to them as examples of the extraordinary flexibility inherent in individual development."--publisher's website

Record details

ISBN: 9780199736188 (Paper)
ISBN: 0199736189 (Paper)
Physical Description: print
xiv, 326 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-307) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

1. Parliament of Monsters: On the Breadth and Scope of Developmental Anomalies -- 2. Arresting Features: Development is All about Time -- 3. Do the Locomotion: How We Learn to Move Our Bodies -- 4. Life And Limb: How Limbs are Made, Lost, Replaced, and Transformed -- 5. Anything Goes: When it Comes to Sex, Expect Ambiguity -- Epilogue - Monstrous Behavior: We Still Have Much to Learn from the Odd and Unusual.