Synopsis
Contemporary research in evolutionary developmental biology has been predominantly devoted to interpreting basic features of animal architecture in molecular genetics terms. Considerably less time has been spent on the exploitation of the wealth of facts and concepts from traditional disciplines, such as comparative morphology. This book integrates traditional morphological and contemporary molecular genetic approaches and deals with postembryonic development as well. It offers unconventional views on the basic features of animal organization, such as body axes, symmetry, segments, body regions, appendages and related concepts. This book is of particular interest to graduate students and researchers in evolutionary and developmental biology, cell biology, genetics, and zoology.
Book Description
Contemporary research in evolutionary developmental biology ('evo-devo') has interpreted animal architecture mainly in terms of molecular genetics. Less effort has been spent on the exploitation of traditional disciplines like comparative morphology. The Development of Animal Form integrates traditional morphology and contemporary molecular genetics while incorporating research on postembryonic development. This combined approach leads to less conventional views of basic animal organization (body axes, symmetry, segments, body regions, and appendages). This book will interest graduate students and researchers of evolutionary and developmental biology, and scholars in related areas of cell biology, genetics, and zoology.
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