After having read this book you will never see birds in the same way again. The
unexpected patterns displayed by a bird´s body have been seen as bizarre events
that demanded little attention or were described as ´amazing curiosities´. None
of these surprising features seem to be fortuitous. They appear to be an
integral part of a rigid order and a coherent geometry, which is directed by
simple gene interactions and molecular cascades occurring at various cellular
levels, and at different times, during the organism´s development. A novel
geometry unfolds in front of your eyes, giving the body configurations another
meaning. Lima-de-Faria is Professor Emeritus of Molecular Cytogenetics at Lund
University, Lund, Sweden. This is his sixth book dealing with the molecular
organization of the chromosome and its implications for the understanding of
the mechanisms responsible for biological evolution.
