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Fly: The Unsung Hero of Twentieth Century Science - Softcover

Brookes, Martin

 
9780753813270: Fly: The Unsung Hero of Twentieth Century Science
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0753813270 ISBN 13: 9780753813270
Verlag: Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd ), 2002

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In ten weeks, one female fruit fly can produce more descendants than there are people on Earth. Some fruit flies are born without genitals - scientists call these mutants 'Ken and Barbie' - whereas others are born with their legs on their heads. They can be trained by punishment and reward, and have a work-and-rest schedule based on the 24-hour clock. They can become addicted to crack cocaine. Males have toxic semen, which is bad news for females: too much sex can kill them. And there are more than 1,000 species living in Hawaii. The amazing fruit fly is, in fact, an unsung hero in the history of science. No popular account exists of the fruit fly or its pioneering role in many of this century's greatest discoveries. FLY corrects this poor public image by telling the story of modern biology - from genetics to evolution, physiology to ecology, medicine to psychology - through the life of the fly.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

MARTIN BROOKES has a PhD in evolutionary biology. He is now a freelance science writer for New Scientist, the Guardian and BBC Wildlife Magazine.

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Verlag
Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
Erscheinungsdatum
2002
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0753813270
ISBN 13 
9780753813270
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Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
244
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