Forms of Becoming : : The Evolutionary Biology of Development / / Alessandro Minelli.
What comes first, form or function? Trumpeted as the future of biological science, evolutionary developmental biology (or "evo-devo") answers this fundamental question by showing how evolution controls the development of organisms. In Forms of Becoming, Alessandro Minelli, a leading intern...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2022] ©2009 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (248 p.) :; 17 line illus. |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Part One: Forms and Numbers
- Chapter 1 Unity in Diversity
- Chapter 2 Archetypes
- Chapter 3 Easy Numbers, Forbidden Numbers
- Chapter 4 Privileged Genes
- Part Two: Constructing Form
- Chapter 5 Evolution and Development
- Chapter 6 The Logic of Development
- Chapter 7 Paradigm Shifts
- Chapter 8 Comparisons
- Chapter 9 The Body’s Syntax
- Part Three: Origins
- Chapter 10 Competition or Cooperation?
- Chapter 11 Making and Remaking
- Chapter 12 Innovations without Plans
- Recommended Readings
- Index