Form and function in developmental evolution

Title
  1. Form and function in developmental evolution / edited by Manfred D. Laubichler, Jane Maienschein.
Published by
  1. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.

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Additional authors
  1. Laubichler, Manfred Dietrich.
  2. Maienschein, Jane.
Description
  1. xviii, 234 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
Summary
  1. "This book represents a new effort to understand very old questions about biological form, function, and the relationships between them. The essays collected here reflect the diversity of approaches in evolutionary developmental biology (Evo Devo), including not only studies by prominent scientists whose research focuses on topics concerned with evolution and development, but also historically and conceptually oriented studies that place the scientific work within a larger framework and ask how it can be pushed further. Topics under discussion range from the use of theoretical and empirical biomechanics to understand the evolution of plant form, to detailed studies of the evolution of development and the role of developmental constraints on phenotypic variation. The result is a rich and interdisciplinary volume that will begin a wider conversation about the shape of Evo Devo as it matures as a field."--Jacket.
Series statement
  1. Cambridge studies in philosophy and biology
Uniform title
  1. Cambridge studies in philosophy and biology.
Subject
  1. Developmental biology
  2. Evolution (Biology)
  3. Morphology
  4. Molecular evolution
  5. Developmental Biology
  6. Evolution, Molecular
  7. Morphogenesis > physiology
  8. Molecular evolution
  9. Developmental biology
  10. Morphology
  11. Evolutionäre Entwicklungsbiologie
  12. Morphologie Biologie
  13. Physiologie
  14. Entwicklungsbiologie > Evolution
  15. Evolution > Entwicklungsbiologie
  16. Entwicklungsbiologie
  17. Evolution
  18. Phenotypic plasticity
Contents
  1. Form and function in evo devo : historical and conceptual reflections / Manfred D. Laubichler -- Deducing plant function from organic form : challenges and pitfalls / Karl J. Niklas -- Evolution in the light of embryos : seeking the origins of novelties in ontogeny / Rudolf A. Raff and Elizabeth C. Raff -- A focus on both form and function in examining selection versus constraint / Paul M. Brakefield -- Innovation and diversity in functional morphology / Peter C. Wainwright -- The developmental evolution of avian digit morphology : an update / Günter P. Wagner -- Functional analysis and character transformation / Richard A. Richards -- The nature of constraints / Roger Sansom -- Toward a mechanistic evo devo / Andrew L. Hamilton.
Owning institution
  1. Princeton University Library
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references and index.