Form and Function in Developmental Evolution (Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Biology) - Hardcover

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9780521872683: Form and Function in Developmental Evolution (Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Biology)
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ISBN 10: 0521872685 ISBN 13: 9780521872683
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2009

Synopsis

This book represents an 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.

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Book Description

This book represents an effort to understand very old questions about biological form, function, and the relationships between them. The collected essays reflect the diversity of approaches in evolutionary developmental biology (Evo Devo), and raise questions about the future shape of Evo Devo as it matures as a field.

About the Author

Jane Maienschein is Regents' Professor, President's Professor, and Parents Association Professor Director at the Center for Biology and Society, Arizona State University. She is author of Whose View of Life? Embryos, Cloning and Stem Cells (2003, 2005) and co-editor with Manfred D. Laubichler of From Embryology to Evo-Devo: a History of Developmental Evolution (2007).

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
2009
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0521872685
ISBN 13 
9780521872683
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
256
Editor
Laubichler Manfred D., Maienschein Jane

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