Format:
1 Online-Ressource (x, 387 pages)
ISBN:
9780511760174
Series Statement:
Cambridge studies in morphology and molecules 4
Content:
Since the 1980s, a renewed understanding of molecular development has afforded an unprecedented level of knowledge of the mechanisms by which phenotype in animals and plants has evolved. In this volume, top scientists in these fields provide perspectives on how molecular data in biology help to elucidate key questions in estimating paleontological divergence and in understanding the mechanisms behind phenotypic evolution. Paleobiological questions such as genome size, digit homologies, genetic control cascades behind phenotype, estimates of vertebrate divergence dates, and rates of morphological evolution are addressed, with a special emphasis on how molecular biology can inform paleontology, directly and indirectly, to better understand life's past. Highlighting a significant shift towards interdisciplinary collaboration, this is a valuable resource for students and researchers interested in the integration of organismal and molecular biology
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781107003262
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521176767
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe From clone to bone Cambridge [u.a.] : Cambridge Univ. Press, 2012 ISBN 1107003261
Additional Edition:
ISBN 052117676X
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781107003262
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521176767
Language:
English
Subjects:
Biology
Keywords:
Paläobiologie
;
Fossil
;
Evolution
;
Molekularbiologie
;
Morphogenese
;
Evolutionsbiologie
DOI:
10.1017/CBO9780511760174
Author information:
Müller, Johannes 1973-
