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Loading... Complex organismal functions : integration and evolution in vertebrates : report of the Dahlem Workshop on Complex Organismal Functions--Integration and Evolution in Vertebrates, Berlin 1988, August 28-September 2by David B. Wake
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Complex Organismal Functions: Integration and Evolution in Vertebrates D. B. Wake G. Roth Editors The complexity of forms and functions of organisms studied in an evolutionary context prompts a fundamental question of modern biology: how did complex functional systems, apparently stabilized by high degrees of integration, evolve to their present diversity? This and related questions were discussed by 48 distinguished scientists from many fields of vertebrate biology, including functional and comparative morphologists, neurobiologists, reproductive biologists and endocrinologists, developmental biologists, ecologists, ethologists, population geneticists, and theorists, at a Dahlem Workshop. This volume is a report of that meeting. The major areas of discussion were: evolutionary diversification of feeding mechanisms; evolution of locomotor systems; trends in reproductive biology, especially the repeated evolution of vertebrate viviparity; and alternative and complementary concepts of the production of evolutionary novelties and patterns. These topics reflect the excitement and dynamism of current debate in evolutionary biology and constitute a cohesive point of departure for further research. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)596.038Natural sciences and mathematics Zoology Vertebrates Vertebrates Genetics, evolution, development EvolutionLC ClassificationRatingAverage: No ratings.Is this you?Become a LibraryThing Author. |