Developmental Plasticity and Evolution

Author:   Mary Jane West-Eberhard (Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
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Pages:   816
Publication Date:   01 January 2003
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Part I - Framework for a Synthesis 1. Gaps and Inconsistencies in Modern Evolutionary Thought2. Material for a Synthesis3. Plasticity4. Modularity5. Development6. Adaptive Evolution7. Principles of Development and Evolution8. Darwin's Theory of Development and EvolutionPart II - The Origins of Novelty 9. The Nature and Analysis of Phenotypic Transitions10. Duplication11. Deletion12. Reversion13. Heterochrony14. Heterotopy15. Cross-sexual Transfer16. Quantitative Shifts in Correlated Change17. Combinatorial Evolution at the Molecular Level18. Phenotypic Recombination by Learning19. RecurrencePart III - Alternative Phenotypes 20. Alternative Phenotypes as a Phase of Evolution21. Divergence without Speciation22. Maintenance without Equilibrium23. AssessmentPart IV - Developmental Plasticity and the Major Themes of Evolutionary Biology 24. Gradualism25. Homology26. Environmental Modifications27. Speciation28. Adaptive Radiation29. Macroevolution30. Punctuation31. One Final Word: Sex

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Author:   Mary Jane West-Eberhard (Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
ISBN:  

9786610703890


ISBN 10:   6610703892
Pages:   816
Publication Date:   01 January 2003
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Electronic book text
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained
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