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Many changes that occur during the embryonic development of an individual animal can be seen as a parallel to changes that have occurred in species or groups of species during evolutionary time. This book covers the interaction between developmental and evolutionary changes in animals.

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Author:   Brian K. Hall
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1992
ISBN:  

9789401579285

ISBN 10:   9401579288
Pages:   275
Publication Date:   14 April 1993
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Evolution and development: terms and concepts. Evolutionary and functional causation: germ plasm and soma. Evolution: history and origin of the term. Charles Bonnet. Evolution as change. Evolution beyond biology. Evolution as population genetics. Evolution as hierarchy. Ontogeny and phylogeny. The Burgess shale: different types of animals. The Burgess shale. Animal phyla. Burgess shale fossils assignable to phyla. Burgess shale fossils not assignable to phyla. Taxonomy of fossils. Burgess shale fossils are not unique. Novel body plans. Types and the Geoffroy - Cuvier debate: a crossroads in evolutionary morphology. Aristotle's unity of plan. Buffon's unity of type. Geoffroy and idealistic morphology. Geoffroy, Cuvier and the great academie debate. Ramifications of the great academie debate. Archetypes and homology: the establishment of evolutionary developmental biology. von Baer. The British response to the great debate. Owen: homology and archetypes. Darwin and beyond. Haeckel and the Gastraea theory. Conclusions. Bauplane: fundamental body plans. Woodger and the Bauplan concept. Bauplane and levels of organization. Nested Bauplane (Unterbauplane). Bauplane and mechanisms. Developmental processes and Bauplane. Contraints and the evolution of Bauplane. Constraints and phases of development. Fundamental levels of change in ontogeny and phylogeny. Generation of the Bauplan. Adaptive modification to form and function. Epigenetic organization of embryonic development. Preformation and epigenesis. Epigenesis today. Maternal cytoplasmic control. Epigenetics: a definition. Epigenetics and genetics. Epigenetics: difficulties. Vertebrate development: an overview. Development as a hierarchical decision-making process. Stages of early vertebrate development. Phylotypic stages. Fertilization as the epigenetic event intiating ontogeny. Determination of body cells and germ cells. Subsequent epigenetic events of ontogeny. Mesoderm induction and the neural crest. Primary embryonic induction and the properties of inductive interactions. Regionalization of the central nervous system and the primary body axis. Epigenetic cascades. Mechanisms of epigenetic interactions. Second order epigenetic control. Integrated change in development and evolution. Cyclomorphosis (seasonal polymorphism): interspecific epigenetics. Key innovation or integrated change. Evolutionary novelty and speciation. Key innovations and large scale change. Key innovations in morphology. Key innovations as single gene mutations. Integrated change. Conclusions. Genetics, epigenetics and environment. Adaptation. Genetic assimilation. Homeotic mutations. Selection and the genetics of assimilation. Genetic assimilation in nature. Genetic fixation. Developmental canalization. A mechanism for genetic assimilation. Adaptation and genetic assimilation. Summary. The developmental evolutionists. A quantitative genetics model for morphological change in development and evolution. Homology and the evolution of development. Homology: a recap. Homology and development. Biological homology. Evolution of development. Timing of developmental and evolutionary change. Developmental time. Patterns and processes. The ecological context of heterochrony. Heterochrony as modification of developmental processes. Generation of new tissues and organs. Heterotopy. Conclusions. Evolution and development: principles and processes. Basic structural organization and homology. An organizing framework for evolutionary developmental biology. Basic body plans: adaptive form and function. Quantitative genetics-epigenetics models. The centrality of the cell. References. Index.

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This is a great book, and not nearly enough Biologists will read it...The writing is clear, with many well-referenced examples; it is not for school libraries, but should be read by all of us who want to know where `Embryos and Ancestors' is now - Journal of Biological Education; ...the authors have been capable of a true expansion of theory in several fields of ethology. A separate summary with every chapter considerably enhances the easy use of this fine book - Crustaceana; ...this book provides a valuable developmental perspective to the concepts of homology, adaptation, and form-function relationships. - Journal of Mammalian Evolution

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