Tinkering
The Microevolution of Development
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Beschreibung
Much recent research in evolutionary developmental biology hasfocused on the origin of new body plans. However, most evolutionarychange at the population and species level consists of tinkering:small-scale alterations in developmental pathways within a singlebody plan. Such microevolutionary events have been well studied ona population genetic level and from the perspective of adaptivephenotypic evolution, but their developmental mechanisms remainpoorly studied.
This book explores both theoretical and practical issues oftinkering. It features a wide range of perspectives to addressseveral fundamental questions. How does tinkering occurdevelopmentally, and how is it manifested phenotypically? Are thedevelopmental mechanisms by which tinkering occur different fromthose that underlie larger evolutionary changes? What are thedevelopmental constraints on tinkering? And how do we testhypotheses about microevolutionary shifts in development from thefossil record?
With contributions from experts in a range of fields, thisfascinating book makes exciting reading for anyone studyingevolution, developmental biology or genetics.
Autor*in
Gregory R. Bock
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Animal Science & Zoology Anthropologie Anthropology Biological Anthropology Biologische Anthropologie Biowissenschaften Comparative Biology (Botany & Zoology) Evolution Genetics Genetik Life Sciences Vergleichende Biologie ( Zoologie u. Botanik) Zoologie