Understanding Development

Using familiar examples and clear arguments, this volume offers fresh alternatives to widespread misconceptions about biological development.

List of contents

1. Defining development, If possible; 2. Cells and development; 3. Development as the history of the individual; 4. Revisiting the embryo; 5. Developmental sequences: sustainability vs adaptation; 6. Genes and development; 7. Emerging form; 8. The ecology of development; Concluding remarks.

About the author

Alessandro Minelli is a former Professor of Zoology and, in retirement, a senior scientist at the University of Padova, Italy. He is an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society and the Italian Society for Developmental and Cell Biology. He is the author of numerous books on evolutionary and developmental biology, including The Development of Animal Form (Cambridge, 2003), Plant Evolutionary Developmental Biology (Cambridge, 2018) and The Biology of Reproduction (Cambridge, 2019).

Summary

Using familiar examples and easy-to-follow arguments, this concise book offers fresh alternatives to a number of widespread misconceptions about development. It will appeal to anyone interested in novel views and ideas in biology, including biologists, science educators, philosophers, students and general readers.

Product details

• Authors: Alessandro Minelli, Minelli Alessandro
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2021
• EAN: 9781108799232
• ISBN: 978-1-108-79923-2
• No. of pages: 192
• Series: Understanding Life
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Natural science; Evolution, SCIENCE / History, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Evolution, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Developmental Biology, SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Molecular Biology, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Cell Biology, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Genetics & Genomics, Philosophy of Science, molecular biology, History of Science, Cellular biology (cytology), Genetics (non-medical), Developmental biology, Evolution / Evolutionary biology