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Berlin Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K 2014 Paperback New. Contains: Illustrations, black & white. XV, 160 p. 20 illus. Intended for professional and scholarly audience.
ISBN10: 3642866611, ISBN13: 9783642866616, [publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg] Softcover Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - It is said that 'necessity is the mother of invention'. To be sure, wheels and pulleys were invented out of necessity by the tenacious minds of upright citi zens. Looking at the history of mankind, however, one has to add that 'Ieisure is the mother of cultural improvement'. Man's creative genius flourished only when his mind, freed from the worry of daily toils, was permitted to entertain apparently useless thoughts. In the same manner, one might say with regard to evolution that 'natural selection mere(y tnodifted, while redundanry created'. Natural selection has been extremely effective in policing alleHe mutations which arise in already existing gene loci. Because of natural selection, organisms have been able to adapt to changing environments, and by adaptive radiation many new species were created from a common ancestral form. Y et, being an effective policeman, natural selection is extremely conservative by nature. Had evolution been entirely dependent upon natural selection, from a bacterium only numerous forms of bacteria would have emerged. The creation of metazoans, vertebrates and finally mammals from unicellular organisms would have been quite impos sible, for such big leaps in evolution required the creation of new gene loci with previously nonexistent functions. Only the cist ...
ISBN10: 3642866611, ISBN13: 9783642866616, [publisher: Springer] Softcover Book is in Used-VeryGood condition. Pages and cover are clean and intact. Used items may not include supplementary materials such as CDs or access codes. May show signs of minor shelf wear and contain very limited notes and highlighting. [Hawthorne, CA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2014]
ISBN10: 3642866611, ISBN13: 9783642866616, [publisher: Springer] Softcover Acceptable/Fair condition. Book is worn, but the pages are complete, and the text is legible. Has wear to binding and pages, may be ex-library. 0.91 [Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2014]
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Berlin Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K 2014 Paperback New. Contains: Illustrations, black & white. XV, 160 p. 20 illus. Intended for professional and scholarly audience.
ISBN10: 3642866611, ISBN13: 9783642866616, [publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg] Softcover Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - It is said that 'necessity is the mother of invention'. To be sure, wheels and pulleys were invented out of necessity by the tenacious minds of upright citi zens. Looking at the history of mankind, however, one has to add that 'Ieisure is the mother of cultural improvement'. Man's creative genius flourished only when his mind, freed from the worry of daily toils, was permitted to entertain apparently useless thoughts. In the same manner, one might say with regard to evolution that 'natural selection mere(y tnodifted, while redundanry created'. Natural selection has been extremely effective in policing alleHe mutations which arise in already existing gene loci. Because of natural selection, organisms have been able to adapt to changing environments, and by adaptive radiation many new species were created from a common ancestral form. Y et, being an effective policeman, natural selection is extremely conservative by nature. Had evolution been entirely dependent upon natural selection, from a bacterium only numerous forms of bacteria would have emerged. The creation of metazoans, vertebrates and finally mammals from unicellular organisms would have been quite impos sible, for such big leaps in evolution required the creation of new gene loci with previously nonexistent functions. Only the cist ...
Berlin Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K 2014 Paperback New. 160 p. 20 Illustrations, black and white; XV, 160 p. 20 illus. Intended for professional and scholarly audience.
Paperback / softback. New. Only the cistron which became redun dant was able to escape from the relentless pressure of natural selection, and by escaping, it accumulated formerly forbidden mutations to emerge as a new gene locus. ISBN 3642866611 9783642866616 [GB]
ISBN10: 3642866611, ISBN13: 9783642866616, [publisher: Springer] Softcover Buy for Great customer experience [Houston, TX, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2014]
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