Integrating evolution and development : from theory to practice / edited by Roger Sansom and Robert N. Brandon.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sansom, Roger.

Brandon, Robert N.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Evolution (Biology).

Developmental biology.

Physical Description:

xii, 334 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [2007]

Summary:

Scholars argue for the importance of the developmental synthesis, or evo-devo, discussing the history and potential of this growing field of study and presenting specific case studies.

Contents:

Embryos, cells, genes, and organisms : reflections on the history of evolutionary developmental biology

The organismic systems approach : streamlining the naturalistic agenda

Complex traits : genetics, development, and evolution

Functional and developmental constraints on life-cycle evolution : an attempt on the architecture of constraints

Legacies of adaptive development

Evo-devo meets the mind : towards a developmental evolutionary psychology

Reproducing entrenchments to scaffold culture : the central role of development in cultural evolution.

Notes:

"A Bradford book."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780262195607

0262195607

9780262693530

0262693534

OCLC:

71789911