Origination of organismal form : beyond the gene in developmental and evolutionary biology /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, Mass. :
MIT Press,
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| Series: | The Vienna series in theoretical biology
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| Online Access: | http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=81120 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction : Origination of organismal form : the forgotten cause in evolutionary theory / Gerd B. Muller, Stuart A. Newman
- Problems of morphological evolution. Cambrian "explosion" of metazoans / Simon Conway Morris
- Convergence and homoplasy in the evolution of organismal form / Pat Willmer
- Homology : the evolution of morphological organization / Gerd B. Miiller
- Relationships between genes and form. Only details determine / Roy J. Britten
- Reactive genome / Scott F. Gilbert
- Tissue specificity : structural cues allow diverse phenotypes from a constant genotype / Mina J. Bissell, I. Saira Mian, Derek Radisky, and Eva Turley
- Genes, cell behavior, and the evolution of form / Ellen Larsen
- Physical determinants of morphogenesis. Cell adhesive interactions and tissue self-organization / Malcolm Steinberg
- Gradients, diffusion, and genes in pattern formation / H. Frederik Nijhout
- Biochemical oscillator linked to vertebrate segmentation / Olivier Pourquie
- Organization through intra-inter dynamics / Kunihiko Kaneko
- From physics to development : the evolution of morphogenetic mechanisms / Stuart A. Newman
- Origination and evolvability. Phenotypic plasticity and evolution by genetic assimilation / Vidyanand Nanjundiah
- Genetic and epigenetic factors in the origin of the tetrapod limb / Glinter P. Wagner, Chi-hua Chiu
- Epigenesis and evolution of brains : from embryonic divisions to functional systems / Georg E. Striedter
- Boundary constraints for the emergence of form / Diego Rasskin-Gutman.