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Evolution and development /
The marriage of evolutionary biology with developmental biology has resulted in the formation of a new field, evolutionary developmental biology, or "evo-devo." This volume reviews current research findings and thought in the broad field of evo-devo, looking at the developmental genetic me...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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San Diego, CA ; London :
Academic,
2009.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. |
| Colección: | Current topics in developmental biology ;
v. 86. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Current Topics in Developmental Biology; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Chapter 1: Gene Regulatory Networks in Neural Crest Development and Evolution; 2. The Evolutionary Origin of the Neural Crest; 3. Why Amphioxus Does Not Have Neural Crest; 5. Neural Crest in Different Vertebrate Species: Evolution in Progress?; Chapter 2: Evolution of Vertebrate Cartilage Development; 1. Introduction; 4. Evolutionary History of the Vertebrate Skeleton; 5. Diversification of Cartilaginous Tissues
- 6. Elaborating the Chondrogenetic Toolkit: Gene/Genome Duplication and the Origin of Collagenous CartilageReferences; Chapter 3: Caenorhabditis Nematodes as a Model for theAdaptive Evolution of Germ Cells; 1. Introduction; 3. Germ Cell Adaptation: Evo-Devo Meets RNA; 8. Evolutionary Dynamics of Germline RNA-Binding Proteins; 9. Challenges and Future Directions; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 4: New Model Systems for the Study of Developmental Evolution in Plants; 1. Introduction; 3. Angiosperms: The Core Eudicots; 5. Angiosperms: Monocots and Magnoliids; Acknowledgments
- Chapter 5: Patterning the Spiralian Embryo: Insights from Ilyanassa1. Introduction; Acknowledgments; Chapter 6: The Origin and Diversification of Complex Traits Through Micro- and Macroevolution of Development: Insights from Horned Beetles; 1. Introduction; 10. Developmental Tradeoffs and the Diversification of Horns and Horned Beetles; Chapter 7: Axis Formation and the Rapid Evolutionary Transformation of Larval Form; 1. Introduction: Sea Urchins and the Evolution of Marine Larval Development; 3. Heterochrony and Modularity in the Evolution of Larval Form
- Chapter 8: Evolution and Development in the Cavefish Astyanax1. Introduction; 3. Cellular Mechanisms of Eye Degeneration; 4. Molecular Mechanisms of Eye Degeneration; 7. Defective Melanogenesis and Undifferentiated Melanoblasts in Cavefish; 9. Evolution of Development; Acknowledgments; Subject Index; Contents of Previous Volumes; Colour Plates