Forms of Becoming: The Evolutionary Biology of Development

by Alessandro Minelli

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691135681
• ISBN13: 9780691135687
• Release Date: April 2009
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.0"