Phenotypic Integration - Studying the Ecology and Evolution of Complex Phenotypes

Zusatztext I think this volume will provide stimulating reading for most students, teachers and researchers in a variety of biological disciplines. Heredity Klappentext A new voice in the nature-nurture debate can be heard at the interface between evolution and development. Phenotypic integration--or! how large numbers of characteristics are related to make up the whole organism! and how these relationships evolve and change their function--is a major growth area in research! attracting the attention of evolutionary biologists! developmental biologists! and geneticists! as well as! more broadly! ecologists! physiologists! and paleontologists. This edited collection presents much of the best and most recent work the topic. Zusammenfassung A new voice in the nature-nurture debate can be heard at the interface between evolution and development. Phenotypic integration--or, how large numbers of characteristics are related to make up the whole organism, and how these relationships evolve and change their function--is a major growth area in research, attracting the attention of evolutionary biologists, developmental biologists, and geneticists, as well as, more broadly, ecologists, physiologists, and paleontologists. This edited collection presents much of the best and most recent work the topic.

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• Authors: Massimo Pigliucci, Massimo (Professor of Ecology and Evolu Pigliucci, Massimo Preston Pigliucci
• Assisted by: Massimo Pigliucci (Editor), Massimo (Professor of Ecology and Evolution; Department of Botany Pigliucci (Editor), Pigliucci Massimo (Editor), Katherine Preston (Editor), Katherine (Department of Biological Science Preston (Editor), Preston Katherine (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.05.2004
• EAN: 9780195160437
• ISBN: 978-0-19-516043-7
• No. of pages: 460
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Genetics, genetic engineering; Evolution, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Ecology, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Evolution, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Developmental Biology, Applied ecology, Developmental biology, Evolution / Evolutionary biology