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Author Davie, Jane A., author.

Title Life unfolding : how the human body creates itself / Jamie A. Davies.

Publication Info. Oxford Oxford University Press, 2014.
©2014

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Location Call No. Status
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  612.6 DAVIES    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  612.64 DAV    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description xi, 299 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents 1. Confronting an alien technology -- Pt. I. First sketch -- 2. From one cell to many -- 3. Making a difference -- 4. Laying down a body plan -- 5. Beginning a brain -- 6. Long division -- Pt. II. Adding details -- 7. Fateful conversations -- 8. Inner journeys -- 9. Plumbing -- 10. Organizing organs -- 11.Taking up arms (and legs) -- 12. The Y and How -- 13. Wired -- Pt. III. Refinement -- 14. Dying to be human -- 15. Making your mind up -- 16. A sense of proportion -- 17. Making friends and facing enemies -- 18. Maintenance mode -- Pt. IV. Perspectives -- 19. Perspectives.
Subject Developmental biology.
Developmental psychology.
Human reproduction.
ISBN 9780199673537
0199673535
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