{"product_id":"evolutionary-developmental-biology-von-brian-k-hall","title":"Evolutionary Developmental Biology","description":"Although evolutionary developmental biology is a new field, its  origins lie in the last century; the search for connections between  embryonic development (ontogeny) and evolutionary change (phylogeny)  has been a long one. Evolutionary developmental biology is however  more than just a fusion of the fields of developmental and  evolutionary biology. It forges a unification of genomic,  developmental, organismal, population and natural selection approaches  to evolutionary change. It is concerned with how developmental  processes evolve; how evolution produces novel structures, functions  and behaviours; and how development, evolution and ecology are  integrated to bring about and stabilize evolutionary change. \u003cbr\u003e  The previous edition of this title, published in 1992, defined the  terms and laid out the field for evolutionary developmental biology.  This field is now one of the most active and fast growing within  biology and this is reflected in this second edition, which is more  than twice the length of the original and brought completely up to  date. There are new chapters on major transitions in animal evolution,  expanded coverage of comparative embryonic development and the  inclusion of recent advances in genetics and molecular biology. \u003cbr\u003e  The book is divided into eight parts which: \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e  place evolutionary developmental biology in the historical context of  the search for relationships between development and evolution; \u003c\/li\u003e  \u003cli\u003e  detail the historical background leading to evolutionary embryology;  \u003c\/li\u003e  \u003cli\u003e explore embryos in development and embryos in evolution; \u003c\/li\u003e  \u003cli\u003e  discuss the relationship between embryos, evolution, environment and  ecology; \u003c\/li\u003e  \u003cli\u003e discuss the dilemma for homology of the fact that  development evolves; \u003c\/li\u003e  \u003cli\u003e deal with the importance of understanding  how embryos measure time and place both through development and  evolutionarily through heterochrony and heterotrophy; and set out the  principles andprocesses that underlie evolutionary developmental  biology. \u003c\/li\u003e  \u003c\/ul\u003e   \u003cbr\u003e  With over one hundred illustrations and photographs, extensive  cross-referencing between chapters and boxes for ancillary material,  this latest edition will be of immense interest to graduate and  advanced undergraduate students in cell, developmental and molecular  biology, and in zoology, evolution, ecology and entomology; in fact  anyone with an interest in this new and increasingly important and  interdisciplinary field which unifies biology.\u003cdiv class=\"aw-variant-hidden-subtitle-div\" id=\"aw-variant-subtitle-9780412785801\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"aw-variant-hidden-subtitle-div\" id=\"aw-variant-subtitle-9780412785900\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Libri","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover - 9780412785801","offer_id":51489869574,"sku":"9780412785801","price":213.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Softcover - 9780412785900","offer_id":39414394454109,"sku":"9780412785900","price":213.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0940\/0622\/files\/7304a172-da8b-439f-9d95-811d83968f98.jpg?v=1749096657","url":"https:\/\/shop.autorenwelt.de\/products\/evolutionary-developmental-biology-von-brian-k-hall","provider":"Autorenwelt Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}