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Shape of Life : Genes, Development, and the Evolution of Animal Form by Rudolf A. Raff (1996, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherUniversity of Chicago Press
ISBN-100226702669
ISBN-139780226702667
eBay Product ID (ePID)97123
Product Key Features
Number of Pages544 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameShape of Life : Genes, Development, and the Evolution of Animal Form
SubjectLife Sciences / Evolution, Life Sciences / Genetics & Genomics, Paleontology
Publication Year1996
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaScience
AuthorRudolf A. Raff
FormatTrade Paperback
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Item Height0.1 in
Item Weight26.9 Oz
Item Length0.9 in
Item Width0.6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN95-049224
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Edition20
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal575.1
Table Of ContentPreface Acknowledgments 1: Over the Ice for Ontogeny and Phylogeny 2: Metazoan Phyla and Body Plans 3: Deep Time and Metazoan Origins 4: Molecular Phylogeny: Dissecting the Metazoan Radiation 5: Recovering Data from the Past 6: The Developmental Basis of Body Plans 7: Building Similar Animals in Different Ways 8: It's Not All Heterochrony 9: Developmental Constraints 10: Modularity, Dissociation, and Co-option 11: Opportunistic Genomes 12: Evolving New Body Plans References Index
SynopsisRudolf Raff is recognized as a pioneer in evolutionary developmental biology. In their 1983 book, Embryos, Genes, and Evolution , Raff and co-author Thomas Kaufman proposed a synthesis of developmental and evolutionary biology. In The Shape of Life , Raff analyzes the rise of this new experimental discipline and lays out new research questions, hypotheses, and approaches to guide its development. Raff uses the evolution of animal body plans to exemplify the interplay between developmental mechanisms and evolutionary patterns. Animal body plans emerged half a billion years ago. Evolution within these body plans during this span of time has resulted in the tremendous diversity of living animal forms. Raff argues for an integrated approach to the study of the intertwined roles of development and evolution involving phylogenetic, comparative, and functional biology. This new synthesis will interest not only scientists working in these areas, but also paleontologists, zoologists, morphologists, molecular biologists, and geneticists.
LC Classification NumberQH390.R325 1996
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