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Material Type: | Internet resource |
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Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Alessandro Minelli |
ISBN: | 9780691135687 0691135681 |
OCLC Number: | 233030259 |
Language Note: | Translated from the Italian. |
Notes: | Translated from the Italian. |
Description: | xiii, 228 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Contents: | Unity in diversity -- Archetypes -- Easy numbers, forbidden numbers -- Privileged genes -- Evolution and development -- The logic of development -- Paradigm shifts -- Comparisons -- The body's syntax -- Competition or cooperation? -- Making and remaking -- Innovations without plans. |
Other Titles: | Forme del divenire. |
Responsibility: | Alessandro Minelli ; Mark Epstein, translator. |
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"Minelli provides his distinctive perspective of the field of evolutionary developmental biology. Whether or not readers agree with himon specific points, he raisesmany interesting questions that might well be fuel for long discussions on a summer evening. Overall, this book is stimulating reading and will provide much food for thought."--Christian Peter Klingenberg, Trends in Ecology and Evolution "I enjoyed reading Forms of Becoming. It added depth to my knowledge of the historical background of comparative morphological studies, and it regrounded my appreciation of the diversity of evolutionary modifications in development across animals. I recommend this book as entry-level reading for non-'evo-devo' folks as well as the many developmental and evolutionary biologists whose research involves phenotype. I also recommend this thought-provoking book to graduate students... In summary, Minelli promotes an integrative view that is timely and immensely valuable."--Paula Mabee, BioScience "This book is a fascinating reading. It will appeal to anyone that has an interest in animal form and development, and also in genetics."--Evelyne Bremond-Hoslet, Mammalia Read more...


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- Evolutionary developmental biology.
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- biological development
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