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:

1 online resource (xii, 334 p. ) ill. ;

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass ; London : MIT, ©2007.

Language Note:

English

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.

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

1-282-10048-3

9786612100482

0-262-28293-3

0-262-19560-7

OCLC:

809733420