Form and Function in Developmental Evolution

Informationen zum Autor Manfred D. Laubichler is Professor of Theoretical Biology and History of Biology and Affiliated Professor of Philosophy at Arizona State University. He is co-editor with Gerd B. Muller of Modeling Biology: Structures! Behaviors! Evolution (2007). Jane Maienschein is Regents' Professor! President's Professor! and Parents Association Professor Director at the Center for Biology and Society! Arizona State University. She is author of Whose View of Life? Embryos! Cloning and Stem Cells (2003! 2005) and co-editor with Manfred D. Laubichler of From Embryology to Evo-Devo: a History of Developmental Evolution (2007). Klappentext Raises questions about the future shape of Evolutionary Developmental biology as it matures as a field. Zusammenfassung This book represents an effort to understand very old questions about biological form! function! and the relationships between them. The collected essays reflect the diversity of approaches in evolutionary developmental biology (Evo Devo)! and raise questions about the future shape of Evo Devo as it matures as a field. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction Andrew L. Hamilton, Manfred Laubichler and Jane Maienschein; 2. Form and function in Evo Devo: historical and conceptual issues Manfred D. Laubichler; 3. Deducing plant function from organic form: challenges and pitfalls Karl J. Niklas; 4. Evolution in the light of embryos: seeking the origins of novelties in ontogeny Rudolf A. Raff and Elizabeth C. Raff; 5. A focus on both form and function in examining selection versus constraint Paul M. Brakefield; 6. Innovation and diversity in functional morphology Peter C. Wainwright; 7. The developmental evolution of avian digit homology: an update Günter P. Wagner; 8. Functional analysis and character transformation Richard A. Richards; 9. The nature of constraints Roger Samson; 10. Towards a mechanistic Evo Devo Andrew L. Hamilton.

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• Authors: Manfred D. (Arizona State University) Laubichler, Manfred D. Maienschein Laubichler
• Assisted by: Manfred D. Laubichler (Editor), Laubichler Manfred D. (Editor), Jane Maienschein (Editor), Maienschein Jane (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.03.2009
• EAN: 9780521872683
• ISBN: 978-0-521-87268-3
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Biology; Cambridge Studies in Philosoph; Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Biology
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > General, dictionaries; Evolution, SCIENCE / History, SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, Philosophy of Science, History of Science, Developmental biology, Evolution / Evolutionary biology