{"id":24,"date":"2020-02-24T10:30:08","date_gmt":"2020-02-24T10:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kalespress.com\/home\/?p=24"},"modified":"2023-04-01T13:08:38","modified_gmt":"2023-04-01T13:08:38","slug":"coming-to-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kalespress.com\/home\/?p=24","title":{"rendered":"Coming to Life: <br>How Genes Drive Development<br><span style=\"color:white;\">&#160;<\/span><br>Winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Christiane N"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-3\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<p><strong>Coming to Life:<br>How Genes Drive Development<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Laureate Christiane N\u00fcsslein-Volhard<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Great<\/em><br>\u2014The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Rare insight<\/em><br>\u2014Nature<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Marvelous<\/em><br>\u2014American Scientist<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Eminent<\/em><br>\u2014Science Magazine<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Crucial<\/em><br>\u2014American Society for Cell Biology<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A concise and illustrative overview of genetics, evolution and cellular processes as well as a discussion of current ethical issues in human biology. As Dr. N\u00fcsslein-Volhard leads us from laboratory research to its applications in human beings, she also lucidly describes why children look like their parents, how an embryonic cell knows to become an eye rather than an eyelash, and other incredible influences that result in variety in life. 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