Understanding Evo-Devo

Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. What is evo-devo and why is it important?; 2. Antecedents of evo-devo; 3. Evolutionary and developmental essentials; 4. Evo-devo essentials; 5. The evolution of variations on a theme; 6. The evolutionary origins of themes and novelties; 7. The evolutionary origins of body plans; 8. Body plan features and toolkit genes; 9. Bringing it all together; Concluding remarks; Summary of common misunderstandings; References; Index.

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• Genética (não médica)
• Biologia molecular
• Biologia do desenvolvimento
• Biologia Celular (citologia)
• Evolução
• História da Ciência
• Filosofia da Ciência

body plan; coadaptation; developmental bias; developmental constraint; developmental gene; evo-devo; evolutionary novelty; evolutionary synthesis; evolvability; gene co-option; generalization in science; heterochrony; homeobox; homology; modularity; morphospace; natural selection; neo-Darwinism; phenotypic plasticity; phylotypic stage; toolkit genes