The Evolution of Developmental Pathways (Hardcover)

PART I: Context and Foundations.- Evolution and Embryology: A Brief History of a Complex Pas de Deux.- Information Sources for Reconstructing Developmental Evolution I: Fossils.- Information Sources for Reconstructing Developmental Evolution II: Comparative Molecular Studies.- Genetic Pathways and Networks in Development.- Conserved Genes and Functions in Animal Development.- PART II: Case Studies in Pathway Evolution.- Evolving Developmental Pathways I: Sex Determination.- Evolving Developmental Pathways II: Segmental Patterning in Insects.- Evolving Developmental Pathways III: Two Organ 'Fields,' The Nematode Vulva and the Tetrapod Limb.- PART III: Conundrums.- Genetic Source Materials for Developmental Evolution.- Costs and Constraints: Factors that Retard and Channel Developmental Evolution.- On Growth and Form: The Developmental and Evolutionary Genetics of Morphogenesis.- Speciation and Developmental Evolution.- Metazoan Origins and the Beginnings of Complex Animal Evolution.- The Coming Evolution of Evolutionary Developmental Biology.- Appendix 1: Genetic Nomenclature.- Appendix 2: Cladistics.- Appendix 3: Molecular Clocks.- Glossary.- References.