Evolution Evolving: The Developmental Origins of Adaptation and Biodiversity by Andrews, David
Evolution Evolving: The Developmental Origins of Adaptation and Biodiversity by Andrews, David

Evolution Evolving: The Developmental Origins of Adaptation and Biodiversity

A new account of the central role developmental processes play in evolution A new scientific view of...
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Evolution Evolving: The Developmental Origins of Adaptation and Biodiversity by Andrews, David

Evolution Evolving: The Developmental Origins of Adaptation and Biodiversity

$151.33
Evolution Evolving: The Developmental Origins of Adaptation and Biodiversity by Andrews, David

Evolution Evolving: The Developmental Origins of Adaptation and Biodiversity

$151.33
Author: David Andrews
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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A new account of the central role developmental processes play in evolution

A new scientific view of evolution is emerging--one that challenges and expands our understanding of how evolution works. Recent research demonstrates that organisms differ greatly in how effective they are at evolving. Whether and how each organism adapts and diversifies depends critically on the mechanistic details of how that organism operates--its development, physiology, and behavior. That is because the evolutionary process itself has evolved over time, and continues to evolve. The scientific understanding of evolution is evolving too, with groundbreaking new ways of explaining evolutionary change. In this book, a group of leading biologists draw on the latest findings in evolutionary genetics and evo-devo, as well as novel insights from studies of epigenetics, symbiosis, and inheritance, to examine the central role that developmental processes play in evolution.

Written in an accessible style, and illustrated with fascinating examples of natural history, the book presents recent scientific discoveries that expand evolutionary biology beyond the classical view of gene transmission guided by natural selection. Without undermining the central importance of natural selection and other Darwinian foundations, new developmental insights indicate that all organisms possess their own characteristic sets of evolutionary mechanisms. The authors argue that a consideration of developmental phenomena is needed for evolutionary biologists to generate better explanations for adaptation and biodiversity. This book provides a new vision of adaptive evolution.

Author: David Andrews, Kevin N. Lala, Tobias Uller
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 10/08/2024
Pages: 440
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.95lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.10w x 1.60d
ISBN: 9780691262413

About the Author
Kevin N. Lala is Professor of Behavioural and Evolutionary Biology at the University of St Andrews.. He is the author of Darwin's Unfinished Symphony: How Culture Made the Human Mind (Princeton) and other books. Tobias Uller is Professor of Evolutionary Biology at Lund University, Sweden. He is the coeditor of Evolutionary Causation: Biological and Philosophical Reflections and Philosophy of Science for Biologists. Nathalie Feiner is a Lise Meitner group leader at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology at Plön, Germany, and is affiliated with Lund University. Marcus W. Feldman is the Burnet C. and Mildred Finley Wohlford Professor of Biological Sciences at Stanford University. He is the author of Niche Construction. The Neglected Process in Evolution (Princeton) and other books. Scott F. Gilbert is the Howard A. Schneiderman Professor of Biology Emeritus at Swarthmore College and the author of the widely used textbook Developmental Biology.
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