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Complex Organismal Functions
D. B. Wake
其他書名
Integration and Evolution in Vertebrates
出版
Wiley
, 1989-09-28
主題
Science / Life Sciences / Biology
Science / Life Sciences / Genetics & Genomics
Science / Paleontology
Science / Life Sciences / Anatomy & Physiology
Science / Life Sciences / Zoology / General
ISBN
0471923753
9780471923756
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=VqVqAAAAMAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋
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.