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008			110112s2011 vtua b 001 0 eng
010			_a 2010052618
020			_a9781603583411
020			_a1603583416
035			_a(OCoLC)ocn676727202
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050	0	0	_aQL981 _b.R93 2011
082	0	0	_a571.8/76 _222
100	1		_aRyan, Frank, _d1944-
245	1	4	_aThe mystery of metamorphosis : _ba scientific detective story / _cFrank Ryan.
246	3	0	_aMetamorphosis
260			_aWhite River Junction, Vt. : _bChelsea Green Pub., _cc2011.
300			_axxiii, 294 p. : _bill. ; _c24 cm.
500			_a"A Sciencewriters book."
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [265]-280) and index.
505	0		_aThe beautiful mystery -- Anomalies in the Tree of Life. The birth of an idea ; A puzzle wrapped in an enigma ; First experiments ; The price of iconoclasm ; Challenging the Tree of Life ; "This is impossible!" ; Catastrophe -- The butterfly's tale. The evening of the Great Peacock ; The science of life ; Elementary questions and deductions ; The phoenix in its crucible ; Two souls in one body ; Bizarre extrapolations ; Assembling the jigsaw puzzle ; Ecology's magic bullet -- New perspectives. On the steps of York Minster ; The first genetic testing ; The evolutionary potential of hybridization ; A new life-form -- The molecular age. The puzzle of the hornworm brain ; Aristotle or Darwin? ; Cues and common links ; A tale in a tail ; Of frogs and their relatives ; The wonder of development ; The human brain -- A sting in the tail.
650		0	_aMetamorphosis.
650		0	_aEvolution (Biology)
650		0	_aHybridization.
650		0	_aLarvae.
600	1	0	_aWilliamson, D. I. _q(Donald Irving)
856	4	2	_3Contributor biographical information _uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1106/2010052618-b.html
856	4	2	_3Publisher description _uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1106/2010052618-d.html
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949			_aQL981 .R93 2011 _wLC _c1 _hEY8Z _i33039001185973
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