Minelli, Alessandro. creator author text Electronic books. xx 2021 monographic eng 1 online resource (206 pages) Developmental biology is seemingly well understood, with development widely accepted as being a series of programmed changes through which an egg turns into an adult organism, or a seed matures into a plant. However, the picture is much more complex than that: is it all genetically controlled or does environment have an influence? Is the final adult stage the target of development and everything else just a build-up to that point? Are developmental strategies the same in plants as in animals? How do we consider development in single-celled organisms? In this concise, engaging volume, Alessandro Minelli, a leading developmental biologist, addresses these key questions. Using familiar examples and easy-to-follow arguments, he offers fresh alternatives to a number of preconceptions and stereotypes, awakening the reader to the disparity of developmental phenomena across all main branches of the tree of life. 1. Defining Development, if Possible -- 2. Cells and Development -- 3. Development as the History of the Individual -- 4. Revisiting the Embryo -- 5. Developmental Sequences: Sustainability versus Adaptation -- 6. Genes and Development -- 7. Emerging Form -- 8. The Ecology of Development -- Concluding Remarks -- Summary of Common Misunderstandings -- Classification -- References and Further Reading -- Index. Alessandro Minelli. ALA COVID Relief Fund Includes bibliographical references and index. Developmental Biology Evolutionary developmental biology QH491 .M564 2021 571.8 Minelli, Alessandro Cambridge : University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations,c2021 9781108865500 https://login.ezproxy.pucpr.edu/login?url=https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/pucpr-ebooks/detail.action?docID=6631068 https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/pucpr-ebooks/detail.action?docID=6631068 https://login.ezproxy.pucpr.edu/login?url=https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/pucpr-ebooks/detail.action?docID=6631068 https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/pucpr-ebooks/detail.action?docID=6631068 MiAaPQ 211129 20221207170152.0 EBC6631068 eng