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How does development influence evolution This book explores the idea that development and evolution interact to make genetic evolution predictable. It reviews essential principles from developmental biology and population genetics to provide a foundation for understanding the causes of genetic evolution.

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What comes first, form or function Trumpeted as the future of biological science, evolutionary developmental biology (or 'evo-devo') answers this question by showing how evolution controls the development of organisms. This book looks at the history and key issues of evo-devo. It focuses on the ways animal organisms evolve through competition.

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Offers an individual-based theory of the effects of the plastic ontogenetic development on the dynamics of populations and communities. This title shows how the effects of ontogenetic development on ecological dynamics critically depend on the efficiency with which differently sized individuals convert food into biomass.