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Author West-Eberhard, Mary Jane, author.

Title Developmental plasticity and evolution / Mary Jane West-Eberhard
Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003

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Description 1 online resource (xx, 794 pages) : illustrations
Contents Chapter Contents; Part I: Framework For A Synthesis; Part Ii: The Origins Of Novelty; Part Iii: Alternative Phenotypes; Part Iv: Developmental Plasticity And The Major Themes Of Evolutionary Biology; Literature Cited; Author Index; Taxonomic Index; Subject Index
Summary Part I - Framework for a Synthesis. 1. Gaps and Inconsistencies in Modern Evolutionary Thought. 2. Material for a Synthesis. 3. Plasticity. 4. Modularity. 5. Development. 6. Adaptive Evolution. 7. Principles of Development and Evolution. 8. Darwin's Theory of Development and Evolution. Part II - The Origins of Novelty. 9. The Nature and Analysis of Phenotypic Transitions. 10. Duplication. 11. Deletion. 12. Reversion. 13. Heterochrony. 14. Heterotopy. 15. Cross-sexual Transfer. 16. Quantitative Shifts in Correlated Change. 17. Combinatorial Evolution at the Molecular Level. 18. Phenotypic Recom
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 639-743) and indexes
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Subject Adaptation (Biology)
Phenotype.
Evolution (Biology)
Developmental biology.
Adaptation, Biological
Biological Evolution
Developmental Biology
Phenotype
evolution.
NATURE -- Animals -- Wildlife.
SCIENCE -- Microscopes & Microscopy.
Adaptation (Biology)
Developmental biology
Evolution (Biology)
Phenotype
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780198028567
0198028563
9786610703890
6610703892
9780197561300
0197561306