Developmental Biology: From a Cell to an Organism

Developmental Biology: From a Cell to an Organism
ISBN-10
1438126301
ISBN-13
9781438126302
Series
Developmental Biology
Category
Science
Pages
225
Language
English
Published
2009
Publisher
Infobase Publishing
Author
Russ Hodge

Description

Examines the relationship among cells, genes, and the environment and of the obstacles and achievements of molecular biologists attempting to understand how to "build" a human body.

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