Morphogenesis and evolution / Keith Stewart Thomson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thomson, Keith Stewart, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Morphogenesis.

Developmental biology.

Evolution (Biology).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (163 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York, New York ; Oxford, [England] : Oxford University Press, 1988.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Today, developmental and evolutionary biologists are focusing renewed attention on the developmental process, specifically those genetic and cellular factors which influence variation in individual body shape or metabolism. They are attempting to understand better how evolutionary trends and patterns within individuals might be limited and controlled. In this important work, the author reviews the classical literature on embryology, morphogenesis and palaeontology, and presents recent genetic and molecular studies on development. The result is a unique perspective on a set of problems of fundamental importance to developmental and evolutionary biologists.

Contents:

Contents; 1. Introduction; 2. Theory, Reduction, and Hierarchy; 3. Development: Pattern and Process; 4. Early Pattern Formation; 5. Example: Early Pattern Formation in Amphibia; 6. Later Pattern Formation: Morphogenesis; 7. Some General Properties of Morphogenetic Systems; 8. Patterns of Evolution; 9. Morphogenesis and Evolution; References; Index

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 1988.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-756005-9

1-280-44962-4

9786610449620

0-19-536427-9

OCLC:

437116000