Embryos in Deep Time (eBook)

The Rock Record of Biological Development

Marcelo Sánchez-Villagra (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2012
265 Seiten
University of California Press (Verlag)
978-0-520-95230-0 (ISBN)

Infos

How can we bring together the study of genes, embryos and fossils? Embryos in Deep Time is a critical synthesis of the study of individual development in fossils. It brings together an up-to-date review of concepts from comparative anatomy, ecology and developmental genetics, and examples of different kinds of animals from diverse geological epochs and geographic areas.

Can fossil embryos demonstrate evolutionary changes in reproductive modes? How have changes in ocean chemistry in the past affected the development of marine organisms? What can the microstructure of fossil bone and teeth reveal about maturation time, longevity and changes in growth phases? This book addresses these and other issues and documents with numerous examples and illustrations how fossils provide evidence not only of adult anatomy but also of the life history of individuals at different growth stages. The central topic of Biology today—the transformations occurring during the life of an organism and the mechanisms behind them—is addressed in an integrative manner for extinct animals.

Inhalt

Acknowledgments
Prologue

1. Fossils, Ontogeny, and Phylogeny
2. Evo-Devo, Plasticity, and Modules
3. Fossilized Vertebrate Ontogenies
4. Bones and Teeth under the Microscope
5. Proportions, Growth, and Taxonomy
6. Growth and Diversification Patterns
7. Fossils and Developmental Genetics
8. "Missing Links" and the Evolution of Development
9. Mammalian and Human Development
10. On Trilobites, Shells, and Bugs

Epilogue: Is There a Moral to Developmental Paleontology?
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 3.4.2012
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Archäologie
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Evolution
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Genetik / Molekularbiologie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Mineralogie / Paläontologie
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Schlagworte: archaeological history • archaeology • books about biology • books about science • books for science lovers • Culture and biology • distractions for kids • easy to read • engaging • fossil embryos development • fossils and bones • Historical • History • learning from experts • learning while reading • leisure reads • nonfiction intrigue • Page Turner • paleontology • science and math • study of embryos • study of fossils • study of genes • things to do during quarantine • Zoology
• ISBN-10: 0-520-95230-8 / 0520952308
• ISBN-13: 978-0-520-95230-0 / 9780520952300