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Over the past few decades numerous scientists have called for a unification of the fields of embryo development, genetics, and evolution. Each field has glaring holes in its ability to explain the fundamental phenomena of life. In this book, the author shows how the phenomenon of cell differentiation, considered in its temporal and spatial aspects during embryogenesis, provides a starting point for a unified theory of multicellular organisms (plants, fungi and animals), including their evolution and genetics. This unification is based on the recent discovery of differentiation waves by the author and his colleagues, described in the appendices, and illustrated by a flip movie prepared by a medical artist. To help the reader through the many fields covered, a glossary is included.This book will be of great value to the researcher and practicing doctors/scientists alike. The research students will receive an in-depth tutorial on the topics covered. The seasoned researcher will appreciate the applications and the gold mine of other possibilities for novel research topics. Sample Chapter(s)Volume 1Chapter 1: IntroductionChapter 1.01: Consider a Spherical Cow (239k)Chapter 1.02: The Epigenetic Problem (21k)Chapter 1.03: Wholeness and the Symmetry of the Early Embryo (17k)Chapter 1.04: Wholeness through the Ruse of Organicism (26k)Chapter 1.05: The Grip of Vitalism (25k)Volume 2Chapter 9: A Cornucopia of Differentiation WavesChapter 9.01: Activation Wave (14k)Chapter 9.02: Cleavage Waves (31k)Chapter 9.03: The Compaction Waves (8k)Chapter 9.04: Mitotic Waves (33k)Chapter 9.05: Quantal Mitoses and a Model for Limb Morphogenesis (19k)Contents: Neural Induction and the OrganizerTheory of the Cell State SplitterDevelopment and GeneticsDevelopment and EvolutionMacroevolutionThe Biogenetic LawThe HomeoboxA Cornucopia of Differentiation WavesReadership: Graduate students in biology, geneticists, computer scientists, engineers, microbiologists, historians, philosophers of biology, mathematical biologists, psychologists and physicists.

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