Evolutionary Biology [electronic resource] : Volume 20 /

1. William Campbell Steere: An Outline of His Life and Continuing Career -- Bibliography of Publications of William Campbell Steere -- 2. Biochemical Systematics: II. A Reprise -- Micromolecules -- Macromolecules -- Conclusions and Future Prospects -- References -- 3. Species Selection As a Causal Process -- Differential Rates of Extinction -- Differential Rates of Speciation: General Problems -- Differential Rates of Speciation: A Case for Reducibility -- Differential Rates of Speciation: A Case for Irreducibility Speciation via the Founder Principle -- Discussion -- Conclusions -- References -- Species Selection As a Causal Process: A Reply -- References -- 4. Species Are Individuals: A Review and Critique of the Argument -- Introduction: What Is an Individual? -- Heraclitus’ Paradox -- The Organism As Paradigm -- The Firm As Paradigm -- Hydra As Paradigm -- Definitions, Words, and Things -- The Biological Species Concept -- Objectification of Species As Closed Systems -- Objectification of Species As Open Systems -- Pattern and Process: Complementary Views of Nature -- References -- 5. A Morphogenetic Approach to the Origin and Basic Organization of the Tetrapod Limb -- Morphogenesis and Homology: The Pattern of the Tetrapod Limb -- Invariance and Homology: The Pattern of the Tetrapod Limb -- Morphogenesis and Character Polarity: Von Baerian versus Haeckelian Recapitulation -- Recent Criticisms of Classical Views of Homology and Recapitulation of the Tetrapod Limb -- Developmental Patterns in the Limb Skeleton: Connectivity, Branching, and Segmentation -- to Developmental Bifurcations -- Review of Chondrogenesis -- Limb Patterning Viewed As a Hierarchical Sequence of “Branching” Events -- Branching, Segmentation, and de novo Condensation: Pattern and Process in Limb Development -- The Ground-Plan of the Tetrapod Limb -- The Metapterygial Axis of the Tetrapod Limb -- Embryonic Connectivity: A Reanalysis of the Metapterygial Axis -- Variance and Invariance in Limb Development -- Embryonic Connectivity: Causal Mechanism and Homology -- Conclusion: Comparative Morphology and Evolutionary Theory -- Summary -- Appendix: Symbols and Abbreviations -- References -- 6. Developmental Evidence for Amphibian Origins -- Characters -- Discussion -- Prognosis -- References -- 7. The Origin of Amphikinesis in Lizards: A Problem in Functional Morphology and the Evolution of Adaptive Systems -- Kinesis in Eosuchians -- Kinesis in Lizards -- Adaptive Significance of Kinesis -- The Origin of Lizards -- Evolution and Cranial Function -- The Attainment of Amphikinesis -- Theoretical Evolutionary Implications -- Summary -- Appendix A -- Appendix B -- Appendix C -- Appendix D -- Appendix E -- References.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Hecht, Max K. editor., Wallace, Bruce. editor., Prance, Ghillean T. editor., SpringerLink (Online service)
Format:	Texto biblioteca
Language:	eng
Published:	Boston, MA : Springer US, 1986
Subjects:	Life sciences., Evolutionary biology., Life Sciences., Evolutionary Biology.,
Online Access:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-6983-1
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