Evolutionary Developmental Biology, Volume 141 focuses on recent research in evolutionary developmental biology, the science studying how changes in development cause the variations that natural selection operate on. Several new hypotheses and models are presented in this volume, and these concern how homology may be properly delineated, how neural crest and placode cells emerged and how they formed the skull and jaw, and how plasticity and developmental symbiosis enable normal development to be regulated by environmental factors.
1. Cover image - p. page_i 2. Title page - p. page_i 3. Table of Contents - p. page_i 4. Copyright - p. page_iv 5. Contributors - p. page_xi 6. Preface - p. page_xiii 7. Chapter One: A developmental perspective of homology and evolutionary novelty - p. page_1 8. Chapter Two: Modularity and hierarchy in biological systems: Using gene regulatory networks to understand evolutionary change - p. page_39 9. Chapter Three: Molecular insights into deuterostome evolution from hemichordate developmental biology - p. page_75 10. Chapter Four: Cephalochordates: A window into vertebrate origins - p. page_119 11. Chapter Five: Transitional chordates and vertebrate origins: Tunicates - p. page_149 12. Chapter Six: Evolution of new cell types at the lateral neural border - p. page_173 13. Chapter Seven: Evo-devo studies of cyclostomes and the origin and evolution of jawed vertebrates - p. page_207 14. Chapter Eight: Heading for higher ground: Developmental origins and evolutionary diversification of the amniote face - p. page_241 15. Chapter Nine: The origin of wing polyphenism in ants: An eco-evo-devo perspective - p. page_279 16. Chapter Ten: Genetic assimilation and accommodation: Models and mechanisms - p. page_337 17. Chapter Eleven: Animal development in the microbial world: The power of experimental model systems - p. page_371 18. Chapter Twelve: Animal development in the microbial world: Re-thinking the conceptual framework - p. page_399
Evolutionary Developmental Biology, Volume 141 focuses on recent research in evolutionary developmental biology, the science studying how changes in development cause the variations that natural selection operate on. Several new hypotheses and models are presented in this volume, and these concern how homology may be properly delineated, how neural crest and placode cells emerged and how they formed the skull and jaw, and how plasticity and developmental symbiosis enable normal development to be regulated by environmental factors.
1. Cover image - p. page_i 2. Title page - p. page_i 3. Table of Contents - p. page_i 4. Copyright - p. page_iv 5. Contributors - p. page_xi 6. Preface - p. page_xiii 7. Chapter One: A developmental perspective of homology and evolutionary novelty - p. page_1 8. Chapter Two: Modularity and hierarchy in biological systems: Using gene regulatory networks to understand evolutionary change - p. page_39 9. Chapter Three: Molecular insights into deuterostome evolution from hemichordate developmental biology - p. page_75 10. Chapter Four: Cephalochordates: A window into vertebrate origins - p. page_119 11. Chapter Five: Transitional chordates and vertebrate origins: Tunicates - p. page_149 12. Chapter Six: Evolution of new cell types at the lateral neural border - p. page_173 13. Chapter Seven: Evo-devo studies of cyclostomes and the origin and evolution of jawed vertebrates - p. page_207 14. Chapter Eight: Heading for higher ground: Developmental origins and evolutionary diversification of the amniote face - p. page_241 15. Chapter Nine: The origin of wing polyphenism in ants: An eco-evo-devo perspective - p. page_279 16. Chapter Ten: Genetic assimilation and accommodation: Models and mechanisms - p. page_337 17. Chapter Eleven: Animal development in the microbial world: The power of experimental model systems - p. page_371 18. Chapter Twelve: Animal development in the microbial world: Re-thinking the conceptual framework - p. page_399
