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Form and function in developmental evolution /

Title
Form and function in developmental evolution / edited by Manfred D. Laubichler, Jane Maienschein.
Publication
Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.

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Additional Authors
  • Laubichler, Manfred Dietrich.
  • Maienschein, Jane.
Description
xviii, 234 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Series Statement
Cambridge studies in philosophy and biology
Uniform Title
Cambridge studies in philosophy and biology.
Subject
  • Developmental biology
  • Evolution (Biology)
  • Morphology
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Form and function in evo devo : historical and conceptual reflections / Manfred D. Laubichler -- Deducing plant function from organic form : challenges and pitfalls / Karl J. Niklas -- Evolution in the light of embryos : seeking the origins of novelties in ontogeny / Rudolf A. Raff and Elizabeth C. Raff -- A focus on both form and function in examining selection versus constraint / Paul M. Brakefield -- Innovation and diversity in functional morphology / Peter C. Wainwright -- The developmental evolution of avian digit morphology : an update / Günter P. Wagner -- Functional analysis and character transformation / Richard A. Richards -- The nature of constraints / Roger Sansom -- Toward a mechanistic evo devo / Andrew L. Hamilton.
ISBN
  • 9780521872683 (hardback : alk. paper)
  • 0521872685 (hardback : alk. paper)
LCCN
2009000110
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library