Mechanisms of life history evolution: the genetics and physiology of life history traits and trade-offs

This interdisciplinary volume unites evolutionary and molecular biologists from various fields (life history theory, molecular biology, developmental biology, aging, phenotypic plasticity, social behaviour, and endocrinology) who usestudies of molecular mechanisms to solve fundamental questions in life history evolution in a variety of organisms. INDICE: Graham Bell: Foreword: Harvey's Legacy; Preface; Part 1: Integrating Mechanisms into Life History Evolution; 1: Christian Braendle, Andreas Heyland, and Thomas Flatt: Integrating Mechanistic and Evolutionary Analysis of Life History Variation; 2: Derek A. Roff: Genomic Insights into Life History Evolution; Part 2: Growth, Development, and Maturation; 3: Andreas Heyland, Adam M. Reitzel, and Sandie Degnan: Emerging Patterns in the Regulation and Evolution of Marine Invertebrate Settlement and Metamorphosis; 4: Alexander W. Shingleton: Evolution and the Regulation of Growth and Body Size; 5: Deniz F. Erezylimaz: The Genetic and Endocrine Basis for the Evolution of Metamorphosis in Insects; 6: Richard G. Manzon: Thyroidal Regulation of Life History Transitions in Fish; 7: Daniel Buchholz, Christine Moskalik, Saurabh Kulkarni, Amy Hollar,and Allison Ng: Hormone Regulation and the Evolution of Frog Metamorphic Diversity; Part 3: Reproduction; 8: Adam M. Reitzel, Derek Stefanik, and John R. Finnerty: Asexual Reproduction in Cnidaria: Comparative Developmental Processesand Candidate Mechanisms; 9: Joshua A. Banta and Michael D. Purugganan: The Genetics and Evolution of Flowering Time Variation in Plants: Identifying Genesthat Control a Key Life History Transition; 10: Alan O. Bergland: Mechanisms of Nutrient Dependent Reproduction in Dipteran Insects; 11: Dominic A. Edward and Tracey Chapman: Mechanisms Underlying Reproductive Trade-offs: Costs of Reproduction; 12: Michael P. Muehlenbein and Mark V. Flinn: Patterns and Processes of Human Life History Evolution; Part 4: Lifespan, Aging and Somatic Maintenance; 13: Magdalena Hodkova and Marc Tatar: Parallels in Understanding the Endocrine Control of Lifespan with the Firebug Pyrrhocoris apterus and the FruitFly Drosophila melanogaster; 14: Johannes H. Bauer and Stephen L. Helfand: Chapter 14: The Genetics of Dietary Modulation of Lifespan; 15: Tonia S. Schwartz and Anne M. Bronikowski: Molecular Stress Pathways and the Evolution of LifeHistories in Reptiles; 16: Maris Kuningas and Rudi G.J. Westendorp: Mechanisms of Aging in Human Populations; Part 5: Life History Plasticity; 17: BenjaminG. Miner: Mechanisms Underlying Feeding-Structure Plasticity in Echinoderm Larvae; 18: Paul S. Schmidt: Evolution and Mechanisms of Insect Reproductive Diapause, a Plastic and Pleiotropic Life History Syndrome; 19: Paul M. Brakefieldand Bas J. Zwaan: Seasonal Polyphenisms and Environmentally-Induced Plasticity in the Lepidoptera - the Coordinated Evolution of Many Traits on Multiple Levels; 20: Brenda Rascón, Navdeep S. Mutti, Christina Tolfsen and Gro V. Amdam:Honey Bee Life history Plasticity - Development, Behavior, and Aging; Part 6:Life History Integration and Trade-Offs; 21: Aurora M. Nedelcu and Richard E.Michod: Molecular Mechanisms of Life History Trade-Offs and the Evolution of Multicellular Complexity in Volvocalean Green Algae; 22: Birgit Gerisch and Adam Antebi: Molecular Basis of Life Hi

• ISBN: 978-0-19-956876-5
• Editorial: Oxford University
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 512
• Fecha Publicación: 01/05/2011
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés