Beyond heterochrony : the evolution of development / edited by Miriam Leah Zelditch.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Zelditch, Miriam, 1952-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Heterochrony (Biology).

Developmental biology.

Morphogenesis.

Developmental Biology.

Medical Subjects:

Developmental Biology.

Physical Description:

xviii, 371 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Wiley-Liss, [2001]

Contents:

1 The Developmental Basis of Morphological Disarmament in Prunum (Neogastropoda: Marginellidae) / Ross H. Nehm 1

2 Ontogenetic Sequences: Homology, Evolution, and the Patterning of Clade Diversity / Larry Hufford 27

3 A Detailed Scenario and Possible Tests of the Mostly Male Theory of Flower Evolutionary Origins / Michael W. Frohlich 59

4 Allometric Patterning in Trilobite Ontogeny: Testing for Heterochrony in Nephrolenellus / Mark Webster, H. David Sheets, Nigel C. Hughes 105

5 The Spatial Complexity and Evolutionary Dynamics of Growth / Miriam Leah Zelditch, H. David Sheets, William L. Fink 145

6 Spatial and Temporal Growth Patterns in the Phenotypically Variable Littorina saxatilis: Surprising Patterns Emerge from Chaos / Robert Guralnick, James Kurpius 195

7 Pigment Patterns of Ectothermic Vertebrates: Heterochronic vs. Nonheterochronic Models for Pigment Pattern Evolution / David M. Parichy 229

8 Testing the Hypothesis of Heterochrony in Morphometric Data: Lessons from a Bivalved Mollusk / Peter D. Roopnarine 271

9 Testing Modularity and Dissociation: The Evolution of Regional Proportions in Snakes / P. David Polly, Jason J. Head, Martin J. Cohn 305

10 Novel Features of Tetrapod Limb Development in Two Nontraditional Model Species: A Skink and a Direct-Developing Frog / Michael D. Shapiro, Timothy F. Carl 337.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0471379735

OCLC:

46401964