Evolution : a developmental approach / Wallace Arthur
Arthur, Wallace
Evolution : a developmental approach / Wallace Arthur - West Sussex : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011 - XII, 404 p. ; 25 cm
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Bibliografía
INDICE: PART I:FOUNDATIONS. 1 Introduction. 2What is evo-devo? 3 Development, cells and molecules. 4 Natural populations. PART II: DEVELOPMENTAL REPATTERNING. 5 Mutation and developmental repatterning. 6 Heterochrony. 7 Heterotopy. 8 Heterometry. 9 Heterotypy. 10 The integrative nature of repatterning. 11 Mapping repatterning to trees. PART III: THE DIRECTION OF EVOLUTION. 12 Adaptation, coadaptation and exaptation. 13 Developmental constraint and bias. 14 Developmental genes and evolution. 15 Gene co-option as an evolutionary mechanism. 16 Developmental plasticity and evolution. 17 The origin of species, novelties and body plans. 18 The evolution of complexity. PART IV: CONCLUSIONS. 19 Key concepts and connections. 20 Prospect.
978-1-4051-8658-2 (pbk)
Evolución (Biología)
Evolution : a developmental approach / Wallace Arthur - West Sussex : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011 - XII, 404 p. ; 25 cm
Índice
Bibliografía
INDICE: PART I:FOUNDATIONS. 1 Introduction. 2What is evo-devo? 3 Development, cells and molecules. 4 Natural populations. PART II: DEVELOPMENTAL REPATTERNING. 5 Mutation and developmental repatterning. 6 Heterochrony. 7 Heterotopy. 8 Heterometry. 9 Heterotypy. 10 The integrative nature of repatterning. 11 Mapping repatterning to trees. PART III: THE DIRECTION OF EVOLUTION. 12 Adaptation, coadaptation and exaptation. 13 Developmental constraint and bias. 14 Developmental genes and evolution. 15 Gene co-option as an evolutionary mechanism. 16 Developmental plasticity and evolution. 17 The origin of species, novelties and body plans. 18 The evolution of complexity. PART IV: CONCLUSIONS. 19 Key concepts and connections. 20 Prospect.
978-1-4051-8658-2 (pbk)
Evolución (Biología)