Epigenetic Principles of Evolution (Elsevier Insights) - Hardcover

R Cabej, Nelson

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0124158315 ISBN 13: 9780124158313

Publisher: Elsevier, 2011

Synopsis

This is the first and only book, so far, to deal with the causal basis of evolution from an epigenetic view. By revealing the epigenetic "user" of the "genetic toolkit", this book demonstrates the primacy of epigenetic mechanisms and epigenetic information in generating evolutionary novelties.

The author convincingly supports his theory with a host of examples from the most varied fields of biology, by emphasizing changes in developmental pathways as the basic source of evolutionary change in metazoans.

• Original and thought provoking--a radically new theory that overcomes the present difficulties of the theory of evolution
• Is the first and only theory that uses epigenetic mechanisms and principles for explaining evolution of metazoans
• Takes an integrative approach and shows a wide range of learning

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About the Author

Nelson R. Cabej earned his PhD in biology at the University of Tirana, Albania, and currently serves as a researcher in the Department of Biology at the same university. His scientific career began with research in the fields of epizootiology, immunology and molecular biology at the Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Tirana, Albania. He also previously taught general biology at the University of Tirana and William Paterson College, Wayne, New Jersey, USA. He has published more than 50 scientific articles and 20 books in the fields of evolutionary biology, epigenetics, developmental biology and philosophy of biology, including 4 books with Elsevier: Building The Most Complex Structure On Earth (2013); Epigenetic Principles of Evolution, Second Edition (2018); Epigenetic Mechanisms of the Cambrian Explosion (2019); and The Inductive Brain in Development and Evolution (2021).

From the Back Cover

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Edition details

• Publisher: Elsevier
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0124158315
• ISBN 13: 9780124158313
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 846