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Biased embryos and evolution /
This is the first book on the new field of Evolutionary Developmental Biology that is aimed primarily at an undergraduate and general readership. It focuses on the question of how embryonic development changes in the course of evolution, thus giving rise to new types of creatures.
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2004.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 The microscopic horse; 2 What steers evolution?; 3 Darwin: pluralism with a single core; 4 How to build a body; 5 A brief history of the last billion years; 6 Preamble to the quiet revolution; 7 The return of the organism; 8 Possible creatures; 9 The beginnings of bias; 10 A deceptively simple question; 11 Development's twin arrows; 12 Action and reaction; 13 Evolvability: organisms in bits; 14 Back to the trees; 15 Stripes and spots; 16 Towards 'the inclusive synthesis'; 17 Social creatures; Glossary.