The Coiled Spring: How Life Begins

The Coiled Spring HOW LIFE BEGINS The Coiled Spring HOW LIFE BEGINS Ethan Bier University of California, San Diego La Jolla, California C OLD S PRING H ARBOR L ABORATORY P RESS Cold Spring Harbor, New York The Coiled Spring: How Life Begins © 2000 by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America Acquisition/Developmental Editor Judy Cuddihy Project Coordinator Inez Sialiano Production Editor Pat Barker Interior Designer Denise Weiss Cover Designer Ed Atkeson/Berg Design Front Cover Art: Painting by Judy Cuddihy Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Bier, Ethan. The coiled spring : how life begins / Ethan Bier. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-87969-563-3 (pbk. : alk. paper)—ISBN 0-87969-562-5 (cloth: alk. paper) 1. Developmental genetics. I. Title. QH453 .B53 2000 571.85—dc21 00-022975 Authorization to photocopy items for internal or personal use, or the internal or personal use of specific clients, is granted by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, provided that the appropriate fee is paid directly to the Copyright Clearance Center (CCC). Write or call CCC at 222 Rosewood Drive, Danvers, MA 01923 (508-7508400) for information about fees and regulations. Prior to photocopying items for educational classroom use, contact CCC at the above address. Additional information on CCC can be obtained at CCC Online at http://www.copyright.com/ All Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press publications may be ordered direc