Integrating evolution and development : from theory to practice /

Scholars argue for the importance of the developmental synthesis, or evo-devo, discussing the history and potential of this growing field of study and presenting specific case studies.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Sansom, Roger, Brandon, Robert N.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Mass ; London : MIT, ©2007.
Subjects:
Geschichte 1900-2000
Evolution (Biology)
Developmental biology.
Developmental Biology
Biological Evolution
Évolution (Biologie)
Biologie du développement.
evolution.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Evolution.
Developmental biology
Evolutionsbiologie
Entwicklungsbiologie
Wissenschaftstheorie
PHILOSOPHY/General
BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES/General
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Embryos, cells, genes, and organisms : reflections on the history of evolutionary developmental biology / Manfred D. Laubichler and Jane Maienschein
  • The organismic systems approach : streamlining the naturalistic agenda / Werner Callebaut, Gerd B. Müller, and Stuart A. Newman
  • Complex traits : genetics, development, and evolution / H. Frederik Nijhout
  • Functional and developmental constraints on life-cycle evolution : an attempt on the architecture of constraints / Gerhard Schlosser
  • Legacies of adaptive development / Roger Sansom
  • Evo-devo meets the mind : toward a developmental evolutionary psychology / Paul E. Griffiths
  • Reproducing entrenchments to scaffold culture : the central role of development in cultural evolution / William C. Wimsatt and James R. Griesemer.

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