Homology, Genes, and Evolutionary Innovation (eBook)

Günter P. Wagner (Autor)

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2014 | 1. Auflage
496 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4008-5146-1 (ISBN)

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Günter P. Wagner is the Alison Richard Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Yale University and a pioneer of the field of evolutionary developmental biology. He is the editor of The Character Concept in Evolutionary Biology.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 13.4.2014
• Zusatzinfo: 25 halftones. 105 line illus. 4 tables.
• Verlagsort: Princeton
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Erkenntnistheorie / Wissenschaftstheorie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Evolution
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Schlagworte: Adaptation • Allele • Amniote • amniotes • Amphibian • anatomy • Angiosperms • Appendage • Arthropod • atavism • autopodium • biological diversity • biologist • Biology • body parts • body plan • body plans • breasts • Canalization • cell fate • cell membrane • Cells • cell signaling • cell type • cell type identity • cell types • cell typogenesis • cellular differentiation • character identity • character identity network • character origination • characters • character states • Charles Darwin • Chromatin • chromosome • Cis-regulatory element • cis-regulatory elements • Class • common ancestor • common ancestry • common descent • comparative anatomy • comparative biology • Conserved sequence • cryptic genetic variation • Development • Developmental Biology • developmental evolution • Developmental genetics • developmental mechanisms • developmental pathways • developmental types • developmental variation • devo-evo research • digit identity • digit loss • digits • Drosophila • Ectoderm • Effector (biology) • Embryo • Embryonic Stem Cells • Enhancer (genetics) • epidermis • eukaryote • Evolution • evolutionary biology • Evolutionary developmental biology • evolutionary dynamics • evolutionary novelties • evolvability • Feathers • fins • finЬimb transition • flower development • flower organ identity • flower organs • Flowers • Forelimb • Frog • Functionalism • functional specialization • Gene • gene duplication • gene expression • Gene family • gene regulatory network • gene regulatory networks • genes • Genetics • genetic variation • Genotype • Gnathostomata • Hair • hierarchical homology • Homeobox • homeotic genes • Homologous chromosome • homologous genes • homologs • Homology • Homology (biology) • Hormone • HOXA11 • HOXA13 • HOXD11 • HOXD13 • Hox gene • Individuals • inference • Innovation • insect • larva • Ligand (biochemistry) • Limb (anatomy) • Limb bud • Limb development • Limbs • Mammal • Mammary Gland • Mesenchyme • Metaphysics • Modularity • Molecular Biology • molecular genetics • molecular structuralism • Molecule • Morphogenesis • Morphological Characters • morphological variation • Most Recent Common Ancestor • Mutation • Natural kinds • Natural selection • Nature Reviews Genetics • novel characters • Nucleic acid sequence • Nucleotide • organism • paired fins • paleontology • pattern formation • PAX6 • pentadactyl limb • perianth • Phenotype • Phenotypic diversity • phenotypic evolution • Philosophy • Phylogenetics • Population biology • Population Genetics • positional information • Protein • protein–protein interaction • Regulation of gene expression • Regulator gene • RNA • Robustness • scales • Science • serial homology • signaling centers • signal transduction • Skin • skin appendages • skin derivatives • Sonic hedgehog • Speciation • species • Structuralism • Synapomorphy • Taxon • Tetrapod • tetrapod hand • tetrapod limbs • Theropoda • Tooth • transcriptional regulation • Transcription factor • transcription factor proteins • transcription factors • transposable element • Transposable elements • Typology • variational structuralism • Vertebrate • Vertebrates • Wild type • Zebrafish
• ISBN-10: 1-4008-5146-7 / 1400851467
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4008-5146-1 / 9781400851461