Form and Function in Developmental Evolution
Contributors: Maienschein, Jane
Series: Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Biology; Cambridge studies in philosophy and biology
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Leiden
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource]
Number of pages: 254
ISBN-13: 9780511506994
Subjects: Morphology; Evolution (Biology); Developmental biology
Description: Raises questions about the future shape of Evolutionary Developmental biology as it matures as a field.
Notes: Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Contributors; Journal abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 Form and function in Evo Devo: historical and conceptual reflections; 3 Deducing plant function from organic form: challenges and pitfalls; 4 Evolution in the light of embryos: seeking the origins of novelties in ontogeny; 5 A focus on both form and function in examining selection versus constraint; 6 Innovation and diversity in functional morphology; 7 The developmental evolution of avian digit homology: an update.; title: 8 Functional analysis and character transformation9 The nature of constraints; 10 Toward a mechanistic Evo Devo; Index.