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Presents a comprehensive and detailed account of all aspects of homology, the common evolutionary ancestry of structures in distinct species. Examines issues which have broad implications for research into molecular and developmental biology.
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Contributors. Introduction, B.K. Hall. Richard Owen and The Concept of Homology, A.L. Panchen. Homology, Topology, and Typology: The History of Modern Debates, O. Rieppel. Homology and Systematics, G. Nelson. Homology, Form, and Function, G.V. Lauder. Can Biometrical Shape Be A Homologous Character?, F.L. Bookstein. Homology, Development, and Heredity, B. Goodwin. History, Ontogeny, and Evolution of the Archetype, N.H. Shubin. Homology and the Mechanisms of Development, G.P. Wagner. Within and Between Organisms: Replicators, Lineages, and Homologues, V.L. Roth. Homology in Molecular Biology, D.M. Hillis. Homology and Behavioral Repertoires, H.W. Greene. Complexity and Homology in Plants, M.J. Donoghue and M.J. Sanderson. Homology, Homeosis, and Process Morphology in Plants, R. Sattler. Index.
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