Contents

Preface: Revolution #3

Introduction: Butterflies, Zebras, and Embryos

Part I The Making of Animals

1 Animal Architecture: Modern Forms, Ancient Designs

2 Monsters, Mutants, and Master Genes

3 From E. coli to Elephants

4 Making Babies: 25,000 Genes, Some Assembly Required

5 The Dark Matter of the Genome: Operating Instructions for the Tool Kit

Part II Fossils, Genes, and the Making of Animal Diversity

6 The Big Bang of Animal Evolution

7 Little Bangs: Wings and Other Revolutionary Inventions

8 How the Butterfly Got Its Spots

9 Paint It Black

10 A Beautiful Mind: The Making of Homo sapiens

11 Endless Forms Most Beautiful

Sources and Further Reading

Acknowledgments

Index