Evolutionary developmental biology / Brian K. Hall.

Author/creator Hall, Brian K., 1941- author.
Format Book
EditionSecond edition.
PublicationLondon ; Weinheim, Germany ; New York [N.Y.] : Chapman & Hall, 1999.
Descriptionxviii, 491 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents Preface -- Pt. 1. Evolution and Development, Phyla and Fossils -- 1. Evolution and development: terms and concepts -- 2. Types of animals: kingdoms, phyla, relationships -- 3. Fossils of the Burgess Shale -- Pt. 2. Form and Function, Embryos and Evolution, Inheritance Systems -- 4. Types and the Geoffroy-Cuvier debates: a crossroads in evolutionary morphology -- 5. Embryological archetypes and homology: establishing evolutionary embryology -- 6. Bauplane, constraints and basic phases of development -- 7. Inheritance systems: zygotic, maternal, epigenetic -- Pt. 3. Embryos in Development -- 8. Model organisms, conserved stages and processes -- 9. Where generations converge: germ lines and body plans -- 10. Building vertebrate embryos: heads and tails -- 11. Building organ systems -- 12. Integrating organ systems, developmental canalization and asymmetry -- Pt. 4. Embryos in Evolution -- 13. Innovation, novelty and the origin of multicellularity -- 14. Complexity and the origin of the Metazoa -- 15. Chordate and vertebrate origins and diversification -- 16. Transitions in animal evolution -- 17. Integrated change in vertebrate evolution -- Pt. 5. Embryos, Environment and Evolution -- 18. Evolution as the control of development by ecology -- 19. Evolution, genetic variability and the environment -- 20. A quantitative genetics model for morphological change in development and evolution -- Pt. 6. Development Evolves -- 21. Development evolves: the dilemma for homology -- 22. Ontogeny evolves: the dilemma for larvae -- Pt. 7. Patterns and Processes, Time and Place -- 23. Time and place in development -- 24. Time and place in evolution: heterochrony and heterotopy -- Pt. 8. Principles and Processes -- 25. Evolutionary developmental biology: principles and processes -- Abbreviations -- References -- Index.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Source of descriptionMachine converted from AACR2 source record.
ISBN0412785900
ISBN9780412785900

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Laupus Books - Stacks QS 604 H174E 1999 ✔ Available Place Hold