Consider the platypus : evolution through biology's most baffling beasts
Sandford, Maggie Ryan2019
Book
Consider the Platypus explores the history and features of more than 50 animals to provide insight into our current understanding of evolution. Using Darwin's theory as a springboard, Maggie Ryan Sandford details scientists' initial understanding of the development of creatures and how that has expanded in the wake of genetic sequencing, including the: Peppered Moth, which changed colour based on the amount of soot in the London air; California Two-Spotted Octopus, which has the amazing ability to alter its DNA/RNA not over generations but during its lifetime; miniscule tardigrade, which is so hearty it can withstand radiation, lack of water and oxygen, and temperatures as low as -328 Degrees F and as high 304 Degrees F; and, of course, the platypus, which has so many disparate features, from a duck's bill to venomous spur to mammary patches, that scientists originally thought it was a hoax.
Main title:
Consider the platypus : evolution through biology's most baffling beasts / Maggie Ryan Sandford ; illustrations by Rodica Prato.
Author:
Sandford, Maggie Ryan, authorPrato, Rodica, illustrator
Edition:
First edition.
Imprint:
New York : Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, 2019.©2019
Collation:
272 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 27 cm
Notes:
Includes index.
ISBN:
9780316418393 (hardback)
Dewey class:
590
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
359489