Homology, genes, and evolutionary innovation /
Wagner, Günter P.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 427-465) and index.
Introduction. What this book aims to do and what it is not -- The intellectual challenge of morphological evolution : a case for variational structuralism -- A conceptual roadmap to homology -- A genetic theory of homology -- Evolutionary novelties : the origin of homologs -- Developmental mechanisms for evolutionary novelties -- The genetics of evolutionary novelties -- The long shadow of metaphysics on research programs -- Cell types and their origins -- Skin and a few of its derivatives -- Fins and limbs -- Digits and digit identity -- Flowers -- Lessons and challenges.
Developmental genetics.
Evolution (Biology)
Genetic regulation.