Developmental plasticity and evolution /

Part I - Framework for a Synthesis. 1. Gaps and Inconsistencies in Modern Evolutionary Thought. 2. Material for a Synthesis. 3. Plasticity. 4. Modularity. 5. Development. 6. Adaptive Evolution. 7. Principles of Development and Evolution. 8. Darwin's Theory of Development and Evolution. Part II...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: West-Eberhard, Mary Jane (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.
Temas:
Adaptation (Biology)
Phenotype.
Evolution (Biology)
Developmental biology.
Adaptation, Biological
Biological Evolution
Developmental Biology
Phenotype
Adaptation (Biologie)
Phénotypes.
Biologie du développement.
Évolution (Biologie)
evolution.
NATURE > Animals > Wildlife.
SCIENCE > Microscopes & Microscopy.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Part I - Framework for a Synthesis. 1. Gaps and Inconsistencies in Modern Evolutionary Thought. 2. Material for a Synthesis. 3. Plasticity. 4. Modularity. 5. Development. 6. Adaptive Evolution. 7. Principles of Development and Evolution. 8. Darwin's Theory of Development and Evolution. Part II - The Origins of Novelty. 9. The Nature and Analysis of Phenotypic Transitions. 10. Duplication. 11. Deletion. 12. Reversion. 13. Heterochrony. 14. Heterotopy. 15. Cross-sexual Transfer. 16. Quantitative Shifts in Correlated Change. 17. Combinatorial Evolution at the Molecular Level. 18. Phenotypic Recom.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xx, 794 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 639-743) and indexes.
ISBN:9780198028567
0198028563
9786610703890
6610703892
9780197561300
0197561306

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