Form and function in developmental evolution / edited by Manfred D. Laubichler, Jane Maienschein. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2009. - xviii, 234 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Cambridge studies in philosophy and biology . - Cambridge studies in philosophy and biology. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Form and function in evo devo : historical and conceptual reflections / Manfred D. Laubichler -- Deducing plant function from organic form : challenges and pitfalls / Karl J. Niklas -- Evolution in the light of embryos : seeking the origins of novelties in ontogeny / Rudolf A. Raff and Elizabeth C. Raff -- A focus on both form and function in examining selection versus constraint / Paul M. Brakefield -- Innovation and diversity in functional morphology / Peter C. Wainwright -- The developmental evolution of avian digit morphology : an update / Günter P. Wagner -- Functional analysis and character transformation / Richard A. Richards -- The nature of constraints / Roger Sansom -- Toward a mechanistic evo devo / Andrew L. Hamilton.

978-0521-87268-3 (hardback : alk. paper)


Developmental biology.
Evolution (Biology)
Morphology.

QH366.2 / .F67 2009 CIRC

571.8