Introduction:
B.K. Hall and M.H. Wake, Larval Development, Evolution and
Ecology.
Larval Types and Larval Evolution:
C. Hickman, Larvae in Invertebrate Development and Evolution.
J. Hanken, Larvae in Amphibian Development and Evolution.
J.F. Webb, Fish Larvae in Development and Evolution.
Mechanisms of Larval Development and Evolution:
M.W. Hart and G.A. Wray, Heterochrony.
C. Rose, Hormonal Control of Larval Development and
Evolution--Amphibians.
H.F. Nijhout, Hormonal Control of Larval Development and
Evolution--Insects.
R.A. Raff, Cell Lineages in Larval Development and Evolution of
Echinoderms.
L. Nagy and M. Grbic, Cell Lineages in Larval Development and
Evolution of Insects.
Larval Functional Morphology, Physiology and Ecology:
L. Sanderson and S. Kupferberg, Development and Evolution of
Aquatic Larval Feeding Mechanisms.
E. Greene, Phenotypic Variation in Larval Development and
Evolution: Polymorphism, Polyphenism and Developmental Reaction
Norms.
Epilogue:
M.H. Wake and B.K. Hall, Epilogue: Prospects for Research on the
Origin and Evolution of Larval Forms.
Subject Index.
Key Features
* Examines how vertebrate and invertebrate larvae develop and
evolve
* Presents four themes: development, evolution, metamorphosis, and
genetic mechanisms
* Chapters are organized into three sections: larval types and
larval evolution, mechanisms of larval development and evolution,
and larval functional morphology, physiology, and ecology
Brian K. Hall, Residence: Halifax, NS, Canada. Affiliation: Dalhousie Univesrsity, Halifax, NS. Canada - Marvalee H. Wake, Residence: Berkeley, California. Affiliation: University of California, Berkeley, California
"This well-conceived and well-edited book offers much interest to
both herpetologists and ichthyologists... It is an excellent
reference for graduate sutdents and investigators in these fields
and for herpetologists and vertebrate biologists in general."
--Kentwood D. Wells, University of Connecticut, in COPEIA
(2000)
"...certain to become as important as Gavin De Beer's Embryos and
Ancestors. This integrative and organismal approach forms the core
of the emerging field of evolutionary developmental biology which
is well served by this volume."
--R. Glenn Northcutt in CELL (September 1999)
"...this book is to be recommended as giving a valuable insight
into current thinking on larvae."
--D.I. Williamson in JOURNAL OF NATURAL HISTORY
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