Developmental Plasticity and Evolution

by Mary Jane West-Eberhard

Book Overview

The first comprehensive synthesis on development and evolution: it applies to all aspects of development, at all levels of organization and in all organisms, taking advantage of modern findings on behavior, 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195122356
• ISBN13: 9780195122350
• Release Date: March 2003
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 816 Pages
• Weight: 3.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.9" x 10.0"