How the Snake Lost Its Legs
Author | Lewis I. Held, Jr. |
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Illustrator | The author |
Subject | Evolutionary developmental biology |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Publication date | 2014 |
How the Snake Lost Its Legs: Curious Tales from the Frontier of Evo-Devo is a 2014 book on evolutionary developmental biology by Lewis I. Held, Jr. The title pays homage to Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories,[1][a] but the "tales" are strictly scientific, explaining how a wide range of animal features evolved, in molecular detail. The book has been admired by other biologists as both accurate and accessible.
Context
Lewis Irving Held, Jr. is a professor of
Book
Contents
How the Snake Lost Its Legs is ostensibly organised into six chapters, but in effect into three parts. The first chapter serves as an introduction and overview. The next four chapters provide what Held calls "the meatier aspects of evo-devo" with "many gristly facts" to chew over and "many tough lessons" to digest.[3] The sixth, he writes, offers "tastier treats".[3]
The first chapter introduces "the first two-sided animal",
The next four chapters are on the
The third part is a single chapter providing "An evo-devo
The main text is supported by an accurate glossary and thorough index. Glossary terms are printed in boldface in the text, a helpful feature, while the glossary, like the text, is cited to the key research papers on which the book is based. The book thus provides a wide overview of evo-devo, with guidance on how to read more deeply on any chosen aspect.[13]
Publication
The book was published by
It is illustrated with monochrome diagrams, drawings and photographs in the text, and 8 pages of colour photographs. Held created the diagrams and drawings.
Reception
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See also
Notes
References
- ^ .
- ^ a b c "Lewis Irving Held". Texas Tech University. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
- ^ a b Held 2014, p. 114.
- ^ a b Held 2014, pp. 1–14.
- ^ Held 2014, p. 1.
- ^ Held 2014, pp. 15–42.
- ^ Held 2014, pp. 43–74.
- ^ Held 2014, pp. 75–94.
- ^ Held 2014, pp. 95–114.
- ^ Held 2014, pp. 15–114.
- ^ a b Srour, Marc (13 April 2014). "Book Review: How The Snake Lost Its Legs, by Lewis Held". Teaching Biology. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
- ^ Held 2014, pp. 115–146.
- ^ Held 2014, pp. 149–285.
- ^ Flammer, Larry. "How the Snake Lost Its Legs Curious Tales from the Frontier of Evo-Devo by Lewis I. Held, Jr". University of Indiana. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
Sources
- Held, Lewis Irving (2014). How the Snake Lost its Legs : Curious Tales from the Frontier of Evo-Devo. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-107-62139-8.