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Forms of becoming : the evolutionary biology of development /

What comes first, form or function? Evolutionary developmental biology (or "evo-devo") answers this fundamental question by showing how evolution controls the development of organisms. Alessandro Minelli takes an in-depth and comprehensive look at the history and key issues of evo-devo, fo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Minelli, Alessandro
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Italiano
Publicado: Princeton ; Oxford : Princeton University Press, ©2009.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Unity in diversity
  • Archetypes
  • Easy numbers, forbidden numbers
  • Privileged genes
  • Evolution and development
  • The logic of development
  • Paradigm shifts
  • Comparisons
  • The body's syntax
  • Competition or cooperation?
  • Making and remaking
  • Innovations without plans.