Gregory R. Bock & Joan Marsh 
Biological Asymmetry and Handedness [PDF ebook] 

Examines the progress of leading scientists working on various aspects of handedness in order to consider the occurrence of handedness in the biological world. Provides in-depth coverage of the origin and development of morphological asymmetry occurring in most types of living organisms.

Table of Content

Partial table of contents:

Origins of the Handedness of Biological Molecules (S.
Mason).

Macromolecular Asymmetry (J. Galloway).

Asymmetry in Protein Structures (C. Chothia).

Bacterial Motility: Handedness and Symmetry (H. Berg).

Two Types of Bilateral Symmetry in the Metazoa: Chordate and
Bilaterian (R. Jefferies).

Asymmetries During Molluscan Embryogenesis (J. van den
Biggelaar).

Handed Asymmetry, Handedness Reversal and Mechanisms of Cell
Fate Determination in Nematode Embryos (W. Wood & D.
Kershaw).

Development of the Left-Right Axis in Amphibians (H. Yost).

Development of Handed Body Asymmetry in Mammals (N. Brown, et
al.).

Establishment of Left-Right Asymmetry in Vertebrates:
Genetically Distinct Steps Are Involved (M. Brueckner, et
al.).

The Inheritance of Left-Handedness (I. Mc Manus).

Disturbance of Morphological Laterality in Humans (J. Burn).

Laterality and Motor Control (M. Peters).

Index of Contributors.

Subject Index.

About the author

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