DEV & EVOL BUTTERFLY WING

DEV & EVOL BUTTERFLY WING
Title DEV & EVOL BUTTERFLY WING PDF eBook
Author NIJHOUT H FREDERIK
Publisher Smithsonian Books (DC)
Pages 336
Release 1991-08-17
Genre Nature
ISBN

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Butterfly wing color patterns may indicate sex or distastefulness, may mimic other organisms, may act as camouflage, or they may confuse predators. Most species may be identified by their color patterns alone. Furthermore, the dorsal and ventral patterns may be very different and each has evolved separately. These patterns are not random but are homologous units which can be identified in all species. The patterns are permutations of the nymphalid ground plan. This book describes the elucidation of these homologies based on comparative morphology, genetics, and theoretical modelling. The book is supplemented by line-drawings, diagrams, photographs, charts, tables, graphs, three appendices: "Classification and systematics of the Butterflies", "Higher Classification of the Nymphalidae", and a list of genera in the figures in chapter 2 ("Pattern Elements and Homologies"), a bibliography and an index.--BIOSIS.

The Development and Evolution of Butterfly Wing Patterns

The Development and Evolution of Butterfly Wing Patterns
Title The Development and Evolution of Butterfly Wing Patterns PDF eBook
Author H. Frederik Nijhout
Publisher Smithsonian Institution
Pages 315
Release 1991-08-17
Genre Science
ISBN 0874749174

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Integrating the results of comparative morphology, experiments on pattern development, the genetics of color patterns, and theoretical modeling of pattern formation, Nijhout shows that the enormous diversity of natural patterns arises largely from quantitative variations in a small set of readily understandable generating rules.

DEV & EVOL BUTTERFLY WING

DEV & EVOL BUTTERFLY WING
Title DEV & EVOL BUTTERFLY WING PDF eBook
Author NIJHOUT H FREDERIK
Publisher Smithsonian Books (DC)
Pages 336
Release 1991-08-17
Genre Nature
ISBN

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Butterfly wing color patterns may indicate sex or distastefulness, may mimic other organisms, may act as camouflage, or they may confuse predators. Most species may be identified by their color patterns alone. Furthermore, the dorsal and ventral patterns may be very different and each has evolved separately. These patterns are not random but are homologous units which can be identified in all species. The patterns are permutations of the nymphalid ground plan. This book describes the elucidation of these homologies based on comparative morphology, genetics, and theoretical modelling. The book is supplemented by line-drawings, diagrams, photographs, charts, tables, graphs, three appendices: "Classification and systematics of the Butterflies", "Higher Classification of the Nymphalidae", and a list of genera in the figures in chapter 2 ("Pattern Elements and Homologies"), a bibliography and an index.--BIOSIS.

Diversity and Evolution of Butterfly Wing Patterns

Diversity and Evolution of Butterfly Wing Patterns
Title Diversity and Evolution of Butterfly Wing Patterns PDF eBook
Author Toshio Sekimura
Publisher Springer
Pages 322
Release 2017-08-29
Genre Science
ISBN 9811049564

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This book facilitates an integrative understanding of the development, genetics and evolution of butterfly wing patterns. To develop a deep and realistic understanding of the diversity and evolution of butterfly wing patterns, it is essential and necessary to approach the problem from various kinds of key research fields such as “evo-devo,” “eco-devo,” ”developmental genetics,” “ecology and adaptation,” “food plants,” and “theoretical modeling.” The past decade-and-a-half has seen a veritable revolution in our understanding of the development, genetics and evolution of butterfly wing patterns. In addition, studies of how environmental and climatic factors affect the expression of color patterns has led to increasingly deeper understanding of the pervasiveness and underlying mechanisms of phenotypic plasticity. In recognition of the great progress in research on the biology, an international meeting titled “Integrative Approach to Understanding the Diversity of Butterfly Wing Patterns (IABP-2016)” was held at Chubu University, Japan in August 2016. This book consists of selected contributions from the meeting. Authors include main active researchers of new findings of corresponding genes as well as world leaders in both experimental and theoretical approaches to wing color patterns. The book provides excellent case studies for graduate and undergraduate classes in evolution, genetics/genomics, developmental biology, ecology, biochemistry, and also theoretical biology, opening the door to a new era in the integrative approach to the analysis of biological problems. This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license.

Evo-Devo of Color Pattern Formation

Evo-Devo of Color Pattern Formation
Title Evo-Devo of Color Pattern Formation PDF eBook
Author Ricardo Mallarino
Publisher Frontiers Media SA
Pages 240
Release 2021-11-01
Genre Science
ISBN 2889714160

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How the Snake Lost its Legs

How the Snake Lost its Legs
Title How the Snake Lost its Legs PDF eBook
Author Lewis I. Held (Jr.)
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Pages 299
Release 2014-01-09
Genre Nature
ISBN 1107030447

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This book explores the latest developments in evo-devo to explain the science behind tiger stripes, camel humps, and other fascinating animal traits.

Embryology, Epigenesis and Evolution

Embryology, Epigenesis and Evolution
Title Embryology, Epigenesis and Evolution PDF eBook
Author Jason Scott Robert
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Pages 176
Release 2004-03-04
Genre Science
ISBN 1139449958

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Historically, philosophers of biology have tended to sidestep the problem of development by focusing primarily on evolutionary biology and, more recently, on molecular biology and genetics. Quite often too, development has been misunderstood as simply, or even primarily, a matter of gene activation and regulation. Nowadays a growing number of philosophers of science are focusing their analyses on the complexities of development, and in Embryology, Epigenesis and Evolution Jason Scott Robert explores the nature of development against current trends in biological theory and practice and looks at the interrelations between development and evolution (evo-devo), an area of resurgent biological interest. Clearly written, this book should be of interest to students and professionals in the philosophy of science and the philosophy of biology.