Evolutionary developmental biology
The previous edition of this title, published in 1992, defined the terms and laid out the field for evolutionary developmental biology. This field is now one of the most active and fast growing within biology and this is reflected in this second edition, which is more than twice the length of the original and brought completely up to date. There are new chapters on major transitions in animal evolution, expanded coverage of comparative embryonic development and the inclusion of recent advances in genetics and molecular biology
xviii, 491 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
9780412785801, 0412785803
40606316
Part 1 Evolution and development, phyla and fossils: evolution and development
terms and concepts; types of animals
kingdoms, phyla, relationships; fossils of the Burgess Shale. Part 2 Form and function, embryos and evolution, inheritance systems: types and the Geoffroy-Cuvier debates
a crossroads in evolutionary morphology; embryological archetypes and homology
establishing evolutionary embryology; Bauplane, constraints and basic phases of development; inheritance systems
zygotic, maternal, epigenetic. Part 3 Embryos in development : model organisms, conserved stages and processes; where generations converge
germ lines and body plans; building vertebrate embryos
heads and tails; building organ systems; integrating organ systems, developmental canalization and asymmetry. Part 4 Embryos in evolution: innovation, novelty and the origin of multicellularity; complexity and the origin of the metazoan; chordate and vertebrate origins and diversification; transition in animal evolution; integrated change in vertebrate evolution. Part 5 Embryos, environment and evolution: evolution as the control of development by ecology; evolution, genetic variability and the environment; a quantitative genetics model for morphological change in development and evolution. Part 6 Development evolves: development evolves
the dilemma for homology; ontogeny evolves
the dilemma for larvae. Part 7 Patterns and processes, time and place: time and place in development; time and place in evolution
heterochrony and heterotopy. Part 8 Principles and processes: evolutionary developmental biology
principles and processes