Forms of becoming
the evolutionary biology of development
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Author
Publication
2009 - Princeton University Press, c2009., Princeton, NJ, New Jersey
Language
English
Translation of: Forme del divenire : evo-devo : la biologia evoluzionistica dello sviluppo
Word Count
57,000 words, Guess
Page Count
228 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archiveformsbecomingevo00mine
- ISBN-139780691135687
- ISBN-100691135681
- Goodreads6844357
- LibraryThing8172377
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- Library of Congress Control Number2008028825
- OCLC Control Number233030259
- Better World Books9780691135687
- Open LibraryOL16945868M
Classifications
- DDC571.8
- LCCQH491 .M559513 2009
- LCCQH491.M559513 2009
Description
What comes first, form or function? Evolutionary developmental biology (or "evo-devo") answers this fundamental question by showing how evolution controls the development of organisms. Alessandro Minelli takes an in-depth and comprehensive look at the history and key issues of evo-devo, focusing on the innovative ways animal organisms evolve through competition and cooperation. Minelli provides a complete overview of conceptual developments--from the fierce nineteenth-century debates between the French biologists Geoffroy and Cuvier, who fought over questions of form versus function--to modern theories of how genes dictate body formation. The book's wide-ranging topics include expression patterns of genes, developmental bias, the role of developmental genes, and genetic determinism. Drawing from diverse examples, such as the anatomy of butterflies, giraffes, Siamese twins, and corals, Minelli extends and reformulates important concepts from development, evolution, and the interplay between the two.
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