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Form and Function in Developmental Evolution.
Raises questions about the future shape of Evolutionary Developmental biology as it matures as a field.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Leiden :
Cambridge University Press,
2009.
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| Colección: | Cambridge studies in philosophy and biology.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Contributors; Journal abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 Form and function in Evo Devo: historical and conceptual reflections; 3 Deducing plant function from organic form: challenges and pitfalls; 4 Evolution in the light of embryos: seeking the origins of novelties in ontogeny; 5 A focus on both form and function in examining selection versus constraint; 6 Innovation and diversity in functional morphology; 7 The developmental evolution of avian digit homology: an update.
- 8 Functional analysis and character transformation9 The nature of constraints; 10 Toward a mechanistic Evo Devo; Index.