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Evolving Pathways: Key Themes in Evolutionary Developmental Biology

By Giuseppe Fusco

Book information

Year
2008
ISBN
0521875005, 9780521875004, 9780511378607
LCC
QH491 .E966 2008
Open Library ID
OL10438075M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
13 MB (13135206 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
444\446
Topic
Biology Biophysics
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Evolutionary developmental biology, or 'evo-devo', is the study of the relationship between evolution and development. Dealing specifically with the generative mechanisms of organismal form, evo-devo goes straight to the core of the developmental origin of variation, the raw material on which natural selection (and random drift) can work. Evolving Pathways responds to the growing volume of data in this field, and its potential to answer fundamental questions in biology, by bringing together contributions that represent a diversity of approaches. Topics range from developmental genetics to comparative morphology of animals and plants alike, and also include botany and palaeontology, two disciplines for which the potential to be examined from an evo-devo perspective has largely been ignored until now. Researchers and graduate students will find this book a valuable overview of current research as we begin to fill a major gap in our perception of evolutionary change.

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