Keith Stewart Thomson

Morphogenesis and Evolution

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Today, developmental and evolutionary biologists are focusing renewed attention on the developmental process, specifically those genetic and cellular factors which influence variation in individual body shape or metabolism. They are attempting to understand better how evolutionary trends and patterns within individuals might be limited and controlled. In this important work, the author reviews the classical literature on embryology, morphogenesis, and palaeontology, and presents recent genetic and molecular studies on development. The result is a unique perspective on a set of problems of fundamental importance to developmental and evolutionary biologists.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 168
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 1988
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 239mm x 158mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 445g
• ISBN-13: 9780195049121
• ISBN-10: 0195049128
• Artikelnr.: 21206093

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Theory, reduction, and hierarchy
Development: pattern and process
Early pattern formation
Example: early pattern formation in amphibia
Later pattern formation: morphogenesis
Some general properties of morphogenetic systems
Patterns of evolution
Morphogenesis and evolution.