Medical Research, Embryology, Biology - Developmental, Evolution
The Development of Animal Form: Ontogeny, Morphology, and Evolution
Alessandro Minelli, Minelli Alessandro
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Overview
Contemporary research in the field of evolutionary developmental biology, or 'evo-devo', have 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 postembryonic development as well. This approach leads to unconventional views on the basic features of animal organisation, 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.Book Details
Published
March 1, 2006
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Pages
344
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780521025188