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001 2010052618
003 DLC
005 20130806080631.0
008 110112s2011 vtua b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2010052618
020 $a9781603583411
020 $a1603583416
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn676727202
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050 00 $aQL981$b.R93 2011
082 00 $a571.8/76$222
100 1 $aRyan, Frank,$d1944-
245 14 $aThe mystery of metamorphosis :$ba scientific detective story /$cFrank Ryan.
246 30 $aMetamorphosis
260 $aWhite River Junction, Vt. :$bChelsea Green Pub.,$cc2011.
300 $axxiii, 294 p. :$bill. ;$c24 cm.
500 $a"A Sciencewriters book."
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [265]-280) and index.
505 0 $aThe beautiful mystery -- Anomalies in the Tree of Life. The birth of an idea ; A puzzle wrapped in an enigma ; First experiments ; The price of iconoclasm ; Challenging the Tree of Life ; "This is impossible!" ; Catastrophe -- The butterfly's tale. The evening of the Great Peacock ; The science of life ; Elementary questions and deductions ; The phoenix in its crucible ; Two souls in one body ; Bizarre extrapolations ; Assembling the jigsaw puzzle ; Ecology's magic bullet -- New perspectives. On the steps of York Minster ; The first genetic testing ; The evolutionary potential of hybridization ; A new life-form -- The molecular age. The puzzle of the hornworm brain ; Aristotle or Darwin? ; Cues and common links ; A tale in a tail ; Of frogs and their relatives ; The wonder of development ; The human brain -- A sting in the tail.
650 0 $aMetamorphosis.
650 0 $aEvolution (Biology)
650 0 $aHybridization.
650 0 $aLarvae.
600 10 $aWilliamson, D. I.$q(Donald Irving)
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1106/2010052618-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1106/2010052618-d.html
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1312/2010052618-t.html