The Development of Animal Form
The Development of Animal Form

Author: Alessandro Minelli

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2003-03-03

Total Pages: 343

ISBN-13: 1139437801

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Contemporary research in the field of evolutionary developmental biology, or 'evo-devo', has to date 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 available from traditional disciplines, such as comparative morphology, even though these traditional approaches can continue to offer a fresh insight into evolutionary developmental questions. The Development of Animal Form aims to integrate traditional morphological and contemporary molecular genetic approaches and to deal with post-embryonic development as well. This approach leads to unconventional views on the basic features of animal organization, such as body axes, symmetry, segments, body regions, appendages and related concepts. This book will be of particular interest to graduate students and researchers in evolutionary and developmental biology, as well as to those in related areas of cell biology, genetics and zoology.

The Shape of Life
The Shape of Life

Author: Rudolf A. Raff

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 2012-12-14

Total Pages: 545

ISBN-13: 022625657X

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Rudolf Raff is recognized as a pioneer in evolutionary developmental biology. In their 1983 book, Embryos, Genes, and Evolution, Raff and co-author Thomas Kaufman proposed a synthesis of developmental and evolutionary biology. In The Shape of Life, Raff analyzes the rise of this new experimental discipline and lays out new research questions, hypotheses, and approaches to guide its development. Raff uses the evolution of animal body plans to exemplify the interplay between developmental mechanisms and evolutionary patterns. Animal body plans emerged half a billion years ago. Evolution within these body plans during this span of time has resulted in the tremendous diversity of living animal forms. Raff argues for an integrated approach to the study of the intertwined roles of development and evolution involving phylogenetic, comparative, and functional biology. This new synthesis will interest not only scientists working in these areas, but also paleontologists, zoologists, morphologists, molecular biologists, and geneticists.

The Origin of Animal Body Plans
The Origin of Animal Body Plans

Author: Wallace Arthur

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 364

ISBN-13: 9780521779289

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This book examines both the origin of body plans in particular and the evolution of animal development in general.

Biology Takes Form
Biology Takes Form

Author: Lynn K. Nyhart

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 1995-10-15

Total Pages: 446

ISBN-13: 9780226610863

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List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsAbbreviations1: Situating MorphologyPt. 1: Morphology and Physiology2: The Study of Form before 18503: Rearranging the Sciences of Animal Life, 1845-1870Pt. 2: Evolutionary Morphology, 1860-18804: Descent and the Laws of Development5: Evolutionary Morphology at Jena6: Evolution and Morphology among the Zoologists, 1860-18807: Evolutionary Morphology in Anatomy: Carl Gegenbaur and His SchoolPt. 3: Morphology and Biology, 1880-19008: The Kompetenzkonflikt within the Evolutionary Morphological Program9: New Approaches to Form, 1880-1900: Rhetoric, Research, and Rewards10: Morphology, Biology, and the Zoological Professoriate11: Morphology and Disciplinary Development: Observations and ReflectionsApp. 1. Anatomy and Zoology Professors, 1810-1918, by BirthdateApp. 2. Professorships in Zoology, 1810-1918App. 3. Professorships in Anatomy, 1810-1918Archival SourcesBibliographyIndex Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

Perspectives in Animal Phylogeny and Evolution
Perspectives in Animal Phylogeny and Evolution

Author: Alessandro Minelli

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 360

ISBN-13: 0198566204

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Animal phylogeny is undergoing a major revolution due to the availability of an ever increasing amount of molecular data, the application of novel methods of phylogenetic reconstruction, and advances in palaeontology and molecular developmental biology.This book revises the major events in animal evolution in the light of these recent advances.

Endless Forms Most Beautiful
Endless Forms Most Beautiful

Author: Sean B. Carroll

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 388

ISBN-13: 9780393060164

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As described in this fascinating book, Evo Devo is evolutionary development biology, the third revolution in the science, which shows how the endless forms of animals--butterflies and zebras, trilobites and dinosaurs, apes and humans--were made and evolved.

Cell Movements
Cell Movements

Author: Dennis Bray

Publisher: Garland Science

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 396

ISBN-13: 9780815332824

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This book vividly describes how complex and integrated movements can arise from the properties and behaviors of biological molecules. It provides a uniquely integrated account in which the latest findings from biophysics and molecular biology are put into the context of living cells. This second edition is updated throughout with recent advances in the field and has a completely revised and redrawn art program. The text is suitable for advanced undergraduates, graduate students, and for professionals wishing for an overview of this field.