What comes first, form or function? Trumpeted as the future of
biological science, evolutionary developmental biology (or
"evo-devo") answers this fundamental question by showing how
evolution controls the development of organisms. In Forms of
Becoming, Alessandro Minelli, a leading international figure in the
field, takes an in-depth and comprehensive look at the history and
key issues of evo-devo. Spirited and insightful, this book focuses
on the innovative ways animal organisms evolve through competition
and cooperation.
Minelli provides a complete overview of conceptual
developments--from the fierce nineteenth-century debates between
the French biologists Geoffroy and Cuvier, who fought over
questions of form versus function--to modern theories of how genes
dictate body formation. The book's wide-ranging topics include
expression patterns of genes, developmental bias, the role of
developmental genes, and genetic determinism. Drawing from diverse
examples, such as the anatomy of butterflies, giraffes, Siamese
twins, and corals, Minelli extends and reformulates important
concepts from development, evolution, and the interplay between the
two.
Presenting the accessible and cutting-edge ideas of
evolutionary developmental biology, "Forms of Becoming" is
fascinating reading for anyone interested in genetics and the
animal form.
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