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Form and Function in Developmental Evolution (Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Biology) - Softcover

Book 21 of 23: Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Biology

Laubichler, Manfred D.

 
9780521187589: Form and Function in Developmental Evolution (Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Biology)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0521187583 ISBN 13: 9780521187589
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2010

Synopsis

Raises questions about the future shape of Evolutionary Developmental biology as it matures as a field.

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Book Description

This book represents an effort to understand very old questions about biological form, function, and the relationships between them. The collected essays reflect the diversity of approaches in evolutionary developmental biology (Evo Devo), and raise questions about the future shape of Evo Devo as it matures as a field.

About the Author

Manfred D. Laubichler is Professor of Theoretical Biology and History of Biology and Affiliated Professor of Philosophy at Arizona State University. He is co-editor with Gerd B. Müller of Modeling Biology: Structures, Behaviors, Evolution (2007).

Jane Maienschein is Regents' Professor, President's Professor, and Parents Association Professor Director at the Center for Biology and Society, Arizona State University. She is author of Whose View of Life? Embryos, Cloning and Stem Cells (2003, 2005) and co-editor with Manfred D. Laubichler of From Embryology to Evo-Devo: a History of Developmental Evolution (2007).

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
2010
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0521187583
ISBN 13 
9780521187589
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
254