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Represents the synthesis of new material on developmental genetics and evolutionary biology. The authors delve into new discoveries since the first edition, including new coverage of comparative genomics, molecular evolution of regulatory proteins and elements, and microevolution of animal development.

Contents
Preface
1. A Brief History of Animals
2. The Genetic Toolkit for Development
3. Building Animals
4. Evolution of the Toolkit
5. Diversification of Body Plans and Body Parts
6. Evolution of Morphological Novelties
7. Morphological Variation and Species Divergence
8. From DNA to Diversity: The Primacy of Regulatory Evolution
Glossary
Index

Reviews
"With almost poetic ease, the authors tell a highly complex story without distorting its scientific substance. The story line goes through the levels of biological hierarchy all the way to the details of gene regulation and emerges with a deeper understanding of biological diversity. In Sean Carroll developmental evolution has found its Darwin."
Gunter Wagner, Yale University