Epigenetic principles of evolution
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Epigenetic principles of evolution
（Elsevier insights）
Elsevier, 2012
1st ed
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Includes bibliographical references
Contents of Works
- Pt. 1. Epigenetic basis of metazoan heredity
- pt. 2. Neural-developmental premises of evolutionary adaptation
- pt. 3. Epigenetics of circumevolutionary phenomena and the mechanism of the evolutionary change
- pt. 4. Epigenetics of metazoan evolution
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This is the first and only book, so far, to deal with the causal basis of evolution from an epigenetic view. By revealing the epigenetic "user" of the "genetic toolkit", this book demonstrates the primacy of epigenetic mechanisms and epigenetic information in generating evolutionary novelties.
The author convincingly supports his theory with a host of examples from the most varied fields of biology, by emphasizing changes in developmental pathways as the basic source of evolutionary change in metazoans.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Part 1: Epigenetic Basis of Metazoan Heredity
Control Systems and Determination of Phenotypic Traits in Metazoans
Neural Manipulation of Gene Expression
Epigenetic Control of Reproduction
Epigenetic Control of Early Development
Neural Control of Postphylotypic Development
The Epigenetic System of Heredity - An Outline
Part 2: Neural-Developmental Premises of Evolutionary Adaptation
Evolution and Stress Responses to Changes in Environment
Behavioral Adaptation to Changed Conditions of Living
Ontology: The Workshop of Evolutionary Change
Intragenerational Developmental Plasticity
Part 3: Epigenetics of Circumevolutionary Phenomena and the Mechansim of the Evolutionary Change
Transgenerational Developmental Plasticity - An Epitome of Evolutionary Change
Evolution of Metazoans and Their Control System
Part 4: Epigenetics of Metazoan Evolution
Origins of Evolutionary Novelty
Evolution by Loss
Evolution by Reverting to Ancestral Characters
Neural Crest-Determined Evolutionary Novelties
Evolutionary Convergences: The Trend Toward Sameness in Metazoan Evolution
Species and Allopatric Speciaition
Epigentics of Sympatric Speciation - Speciation as a Mechanism of Evolution
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