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Developmental Plasticity and Evolution is a comprehensive synthesis on development and evolution: it applies to all aspects of development, at all levels of organisation and in all organisms, taking advantage of modern findings on behaviour, genetics, endocrinology, molecular biology, evolutionary t...

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Main Author: West-Eberhard, Mary Jane (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2020.
Subjects:
Adaptation (Biology)
Phenotypic plasticity.
Evolution (Biology)
Developmental biology.
Adaptation (Biologie)
Plasticité phénotypique.
Biologie du développement.
Developmental biology
Phenotypic plasticity
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Developmental Plasticity and Evolution is a comprehensive synthesis on development and evolution: it applies to all aspects of development, at all levels of organisation and in all organisms, taking advantage of modern findings on behaviour, genetics, endocrinology, molecular biology, evolutionary theory and phylogenetics to show the connections between developmental mechanisms and evolutionary change. This book solves key problems that have impeded a definitive synthesis in the past. It uses new concepts and specific examples to show how to relate environmentally sensitive development to the genetic theory of adaptive evolution and to explain major patterns of change.
Item Description:Previously issued in print: 2003.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xx, 794 pages) : illustrations (black and white).
Audience:Specialized.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9780197561300 (ebook)
0197561306 (ebook)