Freaks of Nature: What Anomalies Tell Us about Development and Evolution, (Paperback)

from jen.e.moore

One of the problems I always had with biology was the way people described genes - a gene for this, a gene for that, these genes code for these results - and I could never figure out how that worked. I mean, yes, genes carry a lot of information, but living animals are incredibly complex, do they...

from Devil_llama

The author uses those individuals who were born with some anomaly to explore the significance of non-genetic evolution. He seeks to dispel the notion that evolution occurs only through mutations, or even that freaks are solely mutants, by examining the many environmental triggers that cause some ...

from Helcura

I found this book to be a bit frustrating. The author alternates between discussing some really interesting instances of ways that small changes in the environment during an animal's development can create interesting variants in form and ranting against 'genetic determinism'. The parts about dev...