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UNINA9910790185303321 |
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Autore |
Sánchez-Villagra Marcelo R. |
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Titolo |
Embryos in deep time : the rock record of biological development / / Marcelo R. Saǹchez |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2012 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-11673-0 |
9786613521026 |
0-520-95230-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (272 pages) |
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Classificazione |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Paleobiology |
Vertebrates, Fossil - Embryos |
Embryos |
Developmental genetics |
Ontogeny |
Developmental biology |
Evolution (Biology) |
Comparative embryology |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- 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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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