Epigenetic Principles of Evolution

Nelson R Cabej (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

846 Seiten

2011
Elsevier - Health Sciences Division (Verlag)
978-0-323-28219-2 (ISBN)

Infos

This is the first and only book, so far, to deal with the causal basis of evolution from an epigenetic view. By revealing the epigenetic "user" of the "genetic toolkit", this book demonstrates the primacy of epigenetic mechanisms and epigenetic information in generating evolutionary novelties.

The author convincingly supports his theory with a host of examples from the most varied fields of biology, by emphasizing changes in developmental pathways as the basic source of evolutionary change in metazoans.

Autor

Nelson R. Cabej earned his PhD in biology at the University of Tirana, Albania, and currently serves as a researcher in the Department of Biology at the same university. His scientific career began with research in the fields of epizootiology, immunology and molecular biology at the Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Tirana, Albania. He also previously taught general biology at the University of Tirana and William Paterson College, Wayne, New Jersey, USA. He has published more than 50 scientific articles and 20 books in the fields of evolutionary biology, epigenetics, developmental biology and philosophy of biology, including 4 books with Elsevier: Building The Most Complex Structure On Earth (2013); Epigenetic Principles of Evolution, Second Edition (2018); Epigenetic Mechanisms of the Cambrian Explosion (2019); and The Inductive Brain in Development and Evolution (2021).

Inhalt

Introduction

Part 1: Epigenetic Basis of Metazoan Heredity



Control Systems and Determination of Phenotypic Traits in Metazoans
Neural Manipulation of Gene Expression
Epigenetic Control of Reproduction
Epigenetic Control of Early Development
Neural Control of Postphylotypic Development
The Epigenetic System of Heredity – An Outline
Part 2: Neural-Developmental Premises of Evolutionary Adaptation

Evolution and Stress Responses to Changes in Environment
Behavioral Adaptation to Changed Conditions of Living
Ontology: The Workshop of Evolutionary Change
Intragenerational Developmental Plasticity
Part 3: Epigenetics of Circumevolutionary Phenomena and the Mechansim of the Evolutionary Change

Transgenerational Developmental Plasticity – An Epitome of Evolutionary Change
Evolution of Metazoans and Their Control System
Part 4: Epigenetics of Metazoan Evolution

Origins of Evolutionary Novelty
Evolution by Loss
Evolution by Reverting to Ancestral Characters
Neural Crest-Determined Evolutionary Novelties
Evolutionary Convergences: The Trend Toward Sameness in Metazoan Evolution
Species and Allopatric Speciaition
Epigentics of Sympatric Speciation – Speciation as a Mechanism of Evolution

Produkt-Details

• Erscheinungsdatum: 16.06.2016
• Verlagsort: Philadelphia
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 152 x 229 mm
• Gewicht: 450 g
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Evolution
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Genetik / Molekularbiologie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
• ISBN-10: 0-323-28219-9 / 0323282199
• ISBN-13: 978-0-323-28219-2 / 9780323282192
• Zustand: Neuware