Evolution and development / edited by William R. Jeffery.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Jeffery, William R.

Series:

Current topics in developmental biology ; v. 86.

Current topics in developmental biology ; vol. 86

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Developmental biology.

Evolution (Biology).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (281 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

San Diego, CA ; London : Academic, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The marriage of evolutionary biology with developmental biology has resulted in the formation of a new field, evolutionary developmental biology, or "evo-devo.? This volume reviews current research findings and thought in the broad field of evo-devo, looking at the developmental genetic mechanisms that cause variation and how alterations of these mechanisms can generate novel structural changes in a variety of plant and animal life.Reviews current research findings and thought on evolutionary developmental biology, providing researchers an overview and synthesis of the latest research

Contents:

Front Cover; Current Topics in Developmental Biology; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Chapter 1: Gene Regulatory Networks in Neural Crest Development and Evolution; 2. The Evolutionary Origin of the Neural Crest; 3. Why Amphioxus Does Not Have Neural Crest; 5. Neural Crest in Different Vertebrate Species: Evolution in Progress?; Chapter 2: Evolution of Vertebrate Cartilage Development; 1. Introduction; 4. Evolutionary History of the Vertebrate Skeleton; 5. Diversification of Cartilaginous Tissues

6. Elaborating the Chondrogenetic Toolkit: Gene/Genome Duplication and the Origin of Collagenous CartilageReferences; Chapter 3: Caenorhabditis Nematodes as a Model for theAdaptive Evolution of Germ Cells; 1. Introduction; 3. Germ Cell Adaptation: Evo-Devo Meets RNA; 8. Evolutionary Dynamics of Germline RNA-Binding Proteins; 9. Challenges and Future Directions; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 4: New Model Systems for the Study of Developmental Evolution in Plants; 1. Introduction; 3. Angiosperms: The Core Eudicots; 5. Angiosperms: Monocots and Magnoliids; Acknowledgments

Chapter 5: Patterning the Spiralian Embryo: Insights from Ilyanassa1. Introduction; Acknowledgments; Chapter 6: The Origin and Diversification of Complex Traits Through Micro- and Macroevolution of Development: Insights from Horned Beetles; 1. Introduction; 10. Developmental Tradeoffs and the Diversification of Horns and Horned Beetles; Chapter 7: Axis Formation and the Rapid Evolutionary Transformation of Larval Form; 1. Introduction: Sea Urchins and the Evolution of Marine Larval Development; 3. Heterochrony and Modularity in the Evolution of Larval Form

Chapter 8: Evolution and Development in the Cavefish Astyanax1. Introduction; 3. Cellular Mechanisms of Eye Degeneration; 4. Molecular Mechanisms of Eye Degeneration; 7. Defective Melanogenesis and Undifferentiated Melanoblasts in Cavefish; 9. Evolution of Development; Acknowledgments; Subject Index; Contents of Previous Volumes; Colour Plates

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

9786613837493

9781283525046

1283525046

9780080922492

008092249X

OCLC:

435640241