From DNA to diversity :

Carroll, Sean B.

From DNA to diversity : molecular genetics and the evolution of animal design / Sean B. Carroll, Jennifer K. Grenier, Scott D. Weatherbee. - 2nd ed. - Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2005. - ix, 258 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

A brief history of animals -- The genetic toolkit for development -- Building animals -- Evolution of the toolkit -- Diversification of body plans and body parts -- Evolution of morphological novelties -- Morphological variation and species divergence -- From DNA to diversity: the primacy of regulatory evolution.

1405119500 (pbk. : alk. paper)

2003027991


Evolutionary genetics.
Molecular genetics.
Biodiversity.
Morphology (Animals)
Animal Population Groups--genetics.
Variation (Genetics)
Animal Population Groups--anatomy & histology.
Evolution, Molecular.
Gene Expression.

QH390.C37 2005

572.8/38

QH 408 / C319f 2005


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