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Evolution: A Developmental Approach
Wallace Arthur
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Description for Evolution: A Developmental Approach
Paperback. This book is aimed at students taking courses on evolution in universities and colleges. Its approach and its structure are very different from previously-published evolution texts. The core theme in this book is how evolution works by changing the course of embryonic and post-embryonic development. Num Pages: 416 pages, colour illustrations, colour illustrations, black & white tables, figures, charts, graphs. BIC Classification: PSAJ. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 191 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1010.
This book is aimed at students taking courses on evolution in universities and colleges. Its approach and its structure are very different from previously-published evolution texts. The core theme in this book is how evolution works by changing the course of embryonic and post-embryonic development. In other words, it is an evolution text that has been very much influenced by the new approach of evolutionary developmental biology, or 'evo-devo'. Key themes include the following: developmental repatterning; adaptation and coadaptation; gene co-option; developmental plasticity; the origins of evolutionary novelties and body plans; and evolutionary changes in the complexity of organisms. As ... Read more
This book is aimed at students taking courses on evolution in universities and colleges. Its approach and its structure are very different from previously-published evolution texts. The core theme in this book is how evolution works by changing the course of embryonic and post-embryonic development. In other words, it is an evolution text that has been very much influenced by the new approach of evolutionary developmental biology, or 'evo-devo'. Key themes include the following: developmental repatterning; adaptation and coadaptation; gene co-option; developmental plasticity; the origins of evolutionary novelties and body plans; and evolutionary changes in the complexity of organisms. As ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
Chichester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781405186582
SKU
V9781405186582
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About Wallace Arthur
Wallace Arthur is Professor of Zoology at the National University of Ireland, Galway. He is one of the founding editors of the journal Evolution & Development. He obtained his PhD from the University of Nottingham, and held positions at several British universities before moving to Galway in 2004. He has been a Visiting Research Scholar at Harvard University ... Read more
Reviews for Evolution: A Developmental Approach
For that audience, I think it will serve well and I recommend it strongly for university courses. (The Quarterly Review of Biology, 6 March2013) Written is an accessible style, illustrated by many original and specific examples including animals, plants or fossils, this book has the advantage to be an excellent textbook devoted to students studying evolution or to ... Read more