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Evolving Pathways: Key Themes in Evolutionary Developmental Biology
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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Evolving Pathways: Key Themes in Evolutionary Developmental Biology
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Authors and Contributors |
Edited by Alessandro Minelli
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By (author) Giuseppe Fusco
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Physical Properties |
Format:Paperback / softback | Pages:446 | Dimensions(mm): Height 229,Width 152 |
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Category/Genre | Genetics (non-medical) |
ISBN/Barcode |
9781107405455
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Classifications | Dewey:571.85 |
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Audience | Professional & Vocational | |
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Cambridge University Press
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Imprint |
Cambridge University Press
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Publication Date |
19 July 2012 |
Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
Evolutionary developmental biology, or 'evo-devo', is the study of the relationship between evolution and development. Dealing specifically with the generative mechanisms of organismal form, evo-devo goes straight to the core of the developmental origin of variation, the raw material on which natural selection (and random drift) can work. Evolving Pathways brings together contributions that represent a diversity of approaches. Topics range from developmental genetics to comparative morphology of animals and plants alike, and also include botany and palaeontology, two disciplines for which the potential to be examined from an evo-devo perspective has largely been ignored until now. Researchers and graduate students will find this book a valuable overview of current research as we begin to fill a major gap in our perception of evolutionary change.
Reviews"This is a book rich and diverse in content, which renders it impossible to do justice to every individual chapter in the context of a book review." Olivier Rieppel, Evolution & Development
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