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Title Evolving pathways : key themes in evolutionary developmental biology / edited by Alessandro Minelli, Giuseppe Fusco.

Publication Info. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 426 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series MyiLibrary.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Machine derived contents note: Preface; Introduction: pathways of change; Part I. Thinking about Evolution by Taking Development Seriously: 1. Evo-devo as a discipline Gerd B. Müller; 2. Making evolutionary predictions about the structure of development and morphology: beyond the neo-Darwinian and constraints paradigms Isaac Salazar-Ciudad; 3. Conflicting hypotheses on the nature of mega-evolution Wallace Arthur; 4. Prospects of evo-devo for linking pattern and process in the evolution of morphospace Paul M. Brakefield; 5. The molecular biology underlying developmental evolution Claudio R. Alonso; 6. Evo-devo's identity: from model organisms to developmental types Ronald A. Jenner; Part II. Evo-Devo -- Materials and Methods: 7. A pragmatic approach for selecting evo-devo model species in Amniotes Athanasia Tzika and Michel C. Milinkovitch; 8. On comparisons and causes in evolutionary developmental biology Gerhard Scholtz; 9. Evolution and development: towards a synthesis of macro- and micro-evolution with ecology Hans Zauner and Ralf J. Sommer; 10. When is a hox gene not a hox gene? The importance of gene nomenclature David E.K. Ferrier; 11. Plants are used to having identity crises Rolf Rutishauser, Valentin Grob and Evelin Pfeifer; Part III. Evolving Diversity: 12. Unravelling body-plan and axial evolution in the bilateria with molecular phylogenetic markers Jaume Baguñ ..., Pere Martinez, Jordi Paps and Marta Riutort; 13. Are transposition events at the origin of the bilaterian hox complexes? Jean S. Deutsch and Philippe Lopez; 14. Many roads lead to Rome: different ways to construct a nematode Einhard Schierenberg and Jens Schulze; 15. Basal Euarthropod development: a fossil-based perspective Nigel C. Hughes, Joachim Haug and Dieter Waloszek; 16. Developmental transitions during the evolution of plant form Jane A. Langdale and C. Jill Harrison; Part IV. Evolving Body Features: 17. Urbisexuality: the evolution of bilaterian germ cell specification and reproductive systems Cassandra G.M. Extavour; 18. Thoughts and speculations on the ancestral arthropod segmentation pathway Ariel D. Chipman; 19. Evolution of neurogenesis in arthropods Angelika Stollewerk; 20. Arthropod appendages: a prime example for the evolution of morphological diversity and innovation Nikola-Michael Prpic and Wim G.M. Damen; 21. Ontogeny of the spiralian brain Claus Nielsen.
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Subject Developmental biology.
Developmental biology.
Evolution.
Evolution.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Minelli, Alessandro.
Fusco, Giuseppe.
Other Form: Print version: Evolving pathways. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008 9780521875004 0521875005 (DLC) 2008272097 (OCoLC)171110404
ISBN 9780511378607 (electronic book)
0511378602 (electronic book)
0511377711 (electronic book)
9780511377716 (electronic book)
9781107405455
1107405459
0521875005 (Cloth)
9780521875004