The Development of Animal Form

Contemporary research in evolutionary developmental biology ('evo-devo') has interpreted animal architecture mainly in terms of molecular genetics. Less effort has been spent on the exploitation of traditional disciplines like comparative morphology. The Development of Animal Form integrates traditional morphology and contemporary molecular genetics while incorporating research on postembryonic development. This combined approach leads to less conventional views of basic animal...
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Contemporary research in evolutionary developmental biology ('evo-devo') has interpreted animal architecture mainly in terms of molecular genetics. Less effort has been spent on the exploitation of traditional disciplines like comparative morphology. The Development of Animal Form integrates traditional morphology and contemporary molecular genetics while incorporating research on postembryonic development. This combined approach leads to less conventional views of basic animal organization (body axes, symmetry, segments, body regions, and appendages). This book will interest graduate students and researchers of evolutionary and developmental biology, and scholars in related areas of cell biology, genetics, and zoology.