Tinkering : the microevolution of development / [Editors: Gregory Bock and Jamie Goode].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bock, Gregory.

Goode, Jamie.

Novartis Foundation.

Series:

Novartis Foundation symposium ; 284.

Novartis Foundation symposium ; 284

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Evolutionary genetics--Congresses.

Evolutionary genetics.

Molecular genetics--Congresses.

Molecular genetics.

Evolution, Molecular.

Developmental Biology.

Molecular Biology.

Medical Subjects:

Evolution, Molecular.

Developmental Biology.

Molecular Biology.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

ix, 289 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.

Other Title:

Tinkering

Place of Publication:

Chichester : John Wiley, 2007.

Summary:

Much recent research in evolutionary developmental biology has focused on the origin of new body plans. However, most evolutionary change at the population and species level consists of tinkering: small-scale alterations in developmental pathways within a single body plan. Such microevolutionary events have been well studied on a population genetic level and from the perspective of adaptive phenotypic evolution, but their developmental mechanisms remain poorly studied.

This book explores both theoretical and practical issues of tinkering. It features a wide range of perspectives to address several fundamental questions. How does tinkering occur developmentally, and how is it manifested phenotypically? Are the developmental mechanisms by which tinkering occur different from those that underlie larger evolutionary changes? What are the developmental constraints on tinkering? And how do we test hypotheses about microevolutionary shifts in development from the fossil record? With contributions from experts in a range of fields, this fascinating book will make exciting reading for anyone studying evolution, developmental biology or genetics.

Contents:

Daniel E. Lieberman, Brian K. Hall The evolutionary developmental biology of tinkering: an introduction to the challenge 1

/ Manfred D. Laubichler Tinkering: a conceptual and historical evaluation 20

/ Rudolf A. Raff, Elizabeth C. Raff Tinkering: new embryos from old-rapidly and cheaply 35

/ James M. Cheverud The relationship between development and evolution through heritable variation 55

/ Adam S. Wilkins Genetic networks as transmitting and amplifying devices for natural genetic tinkering 71

/ Paul M. Brakefield Butterfly eyespot patterns and how evolutionary tinkering yields diversity 90

General discussion I 110

/ Gunter P. Wagner, Anna Marie Pyle Tinkering with transcription factor proteins: the role of transcription factor adaptation in developmental evolution 116

/ Denis Duboule, Basile Tarchini, Jozsef Zakany, Marie Kmita Tinkering with constraints in the evolution of the vertebrate limb anterior-posterior polarity 130

/ Irma Thesleff, Elina Jarvinen, Marika Suomalainen Affecting tooth morphology and renewal by fine-tuning the signals mediating cell and tissue interactions 142

General discussion II 158

/ Benedikt Hallgrimsson, Daniel E. Lieberman, Nathan M. Young, Trish Parsons, Steven Wat Evolution of covariance in the mammalian skull 164

/ David L. Stern The developmental genetics of microevolution 191

/ Jukka Jernvall, Isaac Salazar-Ciudad The economy of tinkering mammalian teeth 207

/ Michael A. Bell, Kaitlyn E. Ellis, Howard I. Sirotkin Pelvic skeleton reduction and Pitx1 expression in threespine stickleback populations 225

/ Michael I. Coates, Marcello Ruta, Peter J. Wagner Using patterns of fin and limb phylogeny to test developmental-evolutionary scenarios 245

/ Rebecca R. Ackermann Craniofacial variation and developmental divergence in primate and human evolution 262.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780470034293

0470034297

OCLC:

76851439