TY - BOOK ID - 78139055 TI - Freaks of nature PY - 2009 SN - 0191549916 9780191549915 9780198043430 0198043430 9780199213054 0199213054 9780199213061 0199213062 0191075469 PB - Oxford New York Oxford University Press DB - UniCat KW - Evolution (Biology) KW - Abnormalities, Human. KW - Animals KW - Natural selection. KW - Darwinism KW - Selection, Natural KW - Genetics KW - Variation (Biology) KW - Biological invasions KW - Heredity KW - Abnormalities KW - Abnormalities (Animals) KW - Abnormalities in animals KW - Animal abnormalities KW - Animal deformities KW - Animal malformations KW - Deformities in animals KW - Malformations in animals KW - Zoology KW - Morphology (Animals) KW - Teratogenesis KW - Teratology KW - Monsters KW - Anomalies, Congenital KW - Birth defects KW - Congenital abnormalities KW - Congenital anomalies KW - Defects, Birth KW - Deformities KW - Developmental abnormalities KW - Human abnormalities KW - Malformations, Congenital KW - Morphology KW - Pathology KW - Animal evolution KW - Biological evolution KW - Evolutionary biology KW - Evolutionary science KW - Origin of species KW - Biology KW - Evolution KW - Biological fitness KW - Homoplasy KW - Natural selection KW - Phylogeny KW - Abnormalities. KW - Malformations UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78139055 AB - From two-legged goats and double-headed snakes, to 'Cyclops' infants with a single eye in the middle of their forehead, Mark S. Blumberg looks at 'freak' bodily anomalies in both humans and other animals to reveal how such deformities provide valuable windows on the intimate connections between genetics, evolution, development, and the environment. - ;Two-legged goats, conjoined twins, 'Cyclops' infants with a single eye in the middle of their forehead, double-headed snakes, and Laloo, a man with a partially formed twin attached to his chest... In Freaks of Nature, Mark S. Blumberg turns a sci ER -