Download Endless Forms Most Beautiful: The New Science of Evo Devo and the Making of the Animal Kingdom AudioBook Free
For over a century, opening the black pack of embryonic development was the holy grail of biology. Evo Devo -- Evolutionary Developmental Biology -- is the new technology that has finally cracked open the pack. Within the web pages of his abundant and riveting book, Sean B. Carroll talks about how we are discovering that intricate life is ironically much simpler than anyone ever expected. Perhaps the most unusual finding of Evo Devo is the finding that a small amount of primitive genes led to the forming of important organs and appendages "in all animal forms." The gene that causes humans to form arms and legs is the same gene that causes birds and bugs to form wings, and seafood to form fins; similarly, one ancient gene has led to the creation of eye across the pet animal kingdom. Changes in the way this ancient tool equipment of genes can be used have created all the diversity that surrounds us. Sean Carroll is the perfect writer to lead the inquisitive upon this intellectual excursion -- he is the acknowledged head of the field, and his seminal discoveries have been presented in Time and The New York Times.
