Heterochrony: The Evolution of Ontogeny

✍ Scribed by Michael L. McKinney, Kenneth J. McNamara (auth.)

Publisher: Springer US
Year: 1991
Tongue: English
Leaves: 452
Edition: 1
Category: Library

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✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xxi
Heterochrony....Pages 1-12
Classifying and Analyzing Heterochrony....Pages 13-46
Producing Heterochrony....Pages 47-98
Heterochronic Variation and Environmental Selection....Pages 99-131
Heterochrony in Evolution....Pages 133-200
Heterochrony and Targets of Selection....Pages 201-275
Behavioral and Human Heterochrony....Pages 277-326
Epilogue and Synthesis....Pages 327-368
Latest Developments in Heterochrony....Pages 369-381
Back Matter....Pages 383-437

✦ Subjects

Developmental Biology; Evolutionary Biology; Zoology

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