Embryos in deep time : the rock record of biological development / Marcelo R. Sánchez.

Author: Sánchez-Villagra, Marcelo R.

Imprint:Berkeley : University of California Press, c2012.

Descriptionxiv, 256 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Note:Fossils, ontogeny, and phylogeny -- Evo-devo, plasticity, and modules -- Fossilized vertebrate ontogenies -- Bones and teeth under the microscope -- Proportions, growth, and taxonomy -- Growth and diversification patterns -- Fossils and developmental genetics -- "Missing links" and the evolution of development -- Mammalian and human development -- On trilobites, shells, and bugs -- Epilogue : is there a moral to developmental paleontology?.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.

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