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Developmental plasticity, evolution and the origins of disease
Author
Title
Developmental plasticity, evolution and the origins of disease [electronic resource] / Mary Jane West-Eberhard.
Published
London : Henry Stewart Talks, 2016.
Physical Description
1 online resource (1 streaming video file (31 min.) : color, sound).
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Animated audio-visual presentation with synchronized narration.
Revised version of a talk first published in 2007.
Title from title frames.
Access and use
Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Format
Images / Online / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 10, 2016
Series
Evolution and medicine : how new applications advance research and practice,
System details note
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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Contents
Contents: Developmental plasticity
Genes and environment in development
Adaptive developmental decisions and their betrayal if conditions change
Phenotypic accommodation
Multiple pathways
Myth of single gene control
Blueprints and programs as false metaphors
Cross-generational continuity of the phenotype
Origins of novel phenotypes including disease.
Publisher's number
1535 Henry Stewart Talks
Subjects
Subjects (Medical)
Adaptation, Physiological - genetics.
Adaptation, Physiological - physiology.
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