عنوان

Forms of becoming :

(Number (ISBN

0691135681

(Number (ISBN

9780691135687

Number

b708723

Title Proper

Forms of becoming :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

the evolutionary biology of development /

First Statement of Responsibility

Alessandro Minelli ; Mark Epstein, translator.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Oxford :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Princeton University Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

©2009.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xiii, 228 pages :

Other Physical Details

illustrations ;

Dimensions

24 cm

Text of Note

Translated from the Italian.

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-220) and index.

Text of Note

Unity in diversity -- Archetypes -- Easy numbers, forbidden numbers -- Privileged genes -- Evolution and development -- The logic of development -- Paradigm shifts -- Comparisons -- The body's syntax -- Competition or cooperation? -- Making and remaking -- Innovations without plans.

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Text of Note

What comes first, form or function? Evolutionary developmental biology (or "evo-devo") answers this fundamental question by showing how evolution controls the development of organisms. Alessandro Minelli takes an in-depth and comprehensive look at the history and key issues of evo-devo, focusing on the innovative ways animal organisms evolve through competition and cooperation. Minelli provides a complete overview of conceptual developments--from the fierce nineteenth-century debates between the French biologists Geoffroy and Cuvier, who fought over questions of form versus function--to modern theories of how genes dictate body formation. The book's wide-ranging topics include expression patterns of genes, developmental bias, the role of developmental genes, and genetic determinism. Drawing from diverse examples, such as the anatomy of butterflies, giraffes, Siamese twins, and corals, Minelli extends and reformulates important concepts from development, evolution, and the interplay between the two.

Source for Acquisition/Subscription Address

TVG

Stock Number

60645

General Material Designation

Forme del divenire.

Language (when part of a heading)

English

Evolutionary developmental biology.

Entwicklungsbiologie

Evolution

Evolutionary developmental biology.

Number

Edition

Class number

Book number

Minelli, Alessandro.

Date of Transaction

20201207233901.0

Electronic name

[Book]

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