From DNA to Diversity: Molecular Genetics and the Evolution of Animal Design,9780632045112

From DNA to Diversity: Molecular Genetics and the Evolution of Animal Design

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ISBN13: 9780632045112
ISBN10: 0632045116
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2001-01-01
Publisher(s): John Wiley & Sons Inc
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Summary

rom DNA to Diversity represents the definitive synthesis of new material on developmental genetics and evolutionary biology. Written by a highly respected author team, this text will be the monumental work for shaping the field.nimals diverge from common ancestry through changes in their DNA, but what are the genes that control morphology? In this landmark work, the author team lead by Dr. Sean Carroll presents the general principles of the genetic basis of morphological change through a synthesis of evolutionary biology with genetics and embryology. The history of animal evolution, model system developmental genetics, and genetic regulatory mechanisms are first addressed, and then case studies of evolutionary change at different genetic and morphological levels are examined.

Author Biography

Sean Carroll is currently an investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Professor of Molecular Biology and Genetics at the University of Wisconsin Jennifer Grenier is currently a senior scientist at Mirus Bio Corporation in Madison, Wisconsin Scott Weatherbee is a research fellow at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City

Table of Contents

A Brief History of Animals
1(14)
The Genetic Toolkit for Development
15(36)
Building Animals
51(46)
Evolution of the Toolkit
97(26)
Diversification of Body Plans and Body Parts
123(26)
The Evolution of Morphological Novelties
149(24)
From DNA to Diversity: The Primacy of Regulatory Evolution
173(24)
Glossary 197(6)
Index 203

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