INDICE: PART I:FOUNDATIONS. 1 Introduction. 2What is evo-devo? 3 Development, cells and molecules. 4 Natural populations. PART II: DEVELOPMENTAL REPATTERNING. 5 Mutation and developmental repatterning. 6 Heterochrony. 7 Heterotopy.8 Heterometry. 9 Heterotypy. 10 The integrative nature of repatterning. 11 Mapping repatterning to trees. PART III: THE DIRECTION OF EVOLUTION. 12 Adaptation, coadaptation and exaptation. 13 Developmental constraint and bias. 14 Developmental genes and evolution. 15 Gene co-option as an evolutionary mechanism.16 Developmental plasticity and evolution. 17 The origin of species, novelties and body plans. 18 The evolution of complexity. PART IV: CONCLUSIONS. 19 Keyconcepts and connections. 20 Prospect.
- ISBN: 978-1-4443-3720-4
- Editorial: Wiley-Blackwell
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 416
- Fecha Publicación: 31/12/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés