The Development of Animal Form : Ontogeny, Morphology, and Evolution
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'... a discerning and critical, yet loving, view of a dynamic field. I recommend it especially to graduate students and postdocs. It will be read with profit by those who seriously desire to mold evolutionary developmental biology.' Science
'Rather than asking small questions, Minelli presents insightful hypotheses and concepts. If you want to look up from your myopic concentration on your single model system and broaden your horizons, you should read this book. It is a 'must read' for any practitioner in the fields of developmental and evolutionary biology - fields that, at long last, are beginning to be unified.' Nature
'... an enjoyable and stimulating read. I hope people will read this book, because it contains much of value and interest. ... it is a genuine effort to reconnect evo-devo with a broader natural history. In this, it succeeds beautifully.' Nature Genetics
Book Description
Contemporary research in evolutionary developmental biology has been predominantly devoted to interpreting basic features of animal architecture in molecular genetics terms. Considerably less time has been spent on the exploitation of the wealth of facts and concepts from traditional disciplines, such as comparative morphology. This book integrates traditional morphological and contemporary molecular genetic approaches and deals with postembryonic development as well. It offers unconventional views on the basic features of animal organization, such as body axes, symmetry, segments, body regions, appendages and related concepts. This book is of particular interest to graduate students and researchers in evolutionary and developmental biology, cell biology, genetics, and zoology.
The Development of Animal Form : Ontogeny, Morphology, and Evolution
The Development of Animal Form: Ontogeny, Morphology, and Evolution,Alessandro Minelli,Cambridge University Press,0521808510,Developmental Biology,Evolution (Biology),Life Sciences - Anatomy & Physiology,Life Sciences - Biology - Developmental Biology,Life Sciences - Biology - General,Life Sciences - Zoology - General,Morphology,Ontogeny,Organic Evolution,Science,Science/Mathematics,Evolution,Palaeontology,Science / Developmental Biology
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