About this title: This book for the general reader addresses a fundamental and important biological question: How is it that a single cell, the fertilized egg, gives rise to the complete forms that make up the adult? How does it make so many millions of cells, many of very different specialized functions, in just the right proportions? How do they come to be organized into complete structures such as limbs, faces, or brains? How is it that the patterns are so stable and repeatable generation after generation? Where in the egg is all this information encoded or embedded? The answer lies in cell behaviour and ...
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Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Fair. Heavy edgewear / creasing to cover. Otherwise this is a nice reading copy. Spine is UNcreased-tight & square. Pages are clean, straight, & appear unmarked. A6b. read more
Description: Skinner, Debra. Good in Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Binding is tight, the front cover corners are bumped. Dust jacket edges are creased, the corners are chipped. Front cover depicts two green ovals within a blue circle on a blue background; jacket covers are grey; title in red at the top of the front cover. Book is bound in a dark blue hardcover, the title in silver on the spine. Illustrated. 211 pages. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford Univ Pr, Oxford, UK
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780198542438ISBN:0198542437
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 211 numbered pages including index. Previous owner's name is written on the top and fore edges. Otherwise a fine, unmarked copy. The dust jacket has two small punctures at the front hinge and some minor edgewear. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford U. P
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780198542445ISBN:0198542445
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Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hard Back
Publisher: Oxford Univ Pr, Cary, North Carolina, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780198542438ISBN:0198542437
Description: VG+++ in Vg++ jacket. Non Ficition. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Book is unread and near-flawless--one corner has a very slight bump. Dj has light shelfwear to corners and slight wrinkling to top and bottom edges. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN-13:9780198542438ISBN:0198542437
Description: Good. Ex-Library Book-will contain Library Markings. Light shelving wear with minimal damage to cover and bindings. Pages show minor use. Help save a tree. Buy all your used books from Green Earth Books. Read. Recycle and Reuse! read more
Binding: PAPERBACK
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN-13:9780198547990ISBN:0198547994
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date Published: 05/09/1991
ISBN-13:9780198542438ISBN:0198542437
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date Published: 05/09/1991
ISBN-13:9780198542438ISBN:0198542437
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks
Date Published: 01/11/1993
ISBN-13:9780198547990ISBN:0198547994
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