Incluye referencias bibliográficas e índice CONTENIDO: Introduction : the modularity concept in developmental and evolutionary biology / Gerhard Schlosser, Gunter P. Wagner -- Selector genes and the genetic control of developmental modules / Craig Nelson -- The basic helix-loop-helix proteins in vertebrate and invertebrate neurogenesis / Uwe Strahle, Patrick Blader -- The pax/six/eya/dach network in development and evolution / Gabrielle Kardon, Tiffany A. Heanue, Clifford J. Tabin -- The notch signaling module / Jose F. De Celis -- Sonic hedgehog and Wnt signaling pathways during development and evolution / Anne-Gaelle Borycki -- Modular pleiotropic effects of quantitative trait loci on morphological traits / James M. Cheverud -- Central nervous system development : from embryonic modules to functional modules / Christoph Redies, Luis Puelles -- Synexpression groups : genetic modules and embryonic development / Christof Niehrs -- Systematic exploration and mining of gene expression data provides evidence for higher-order, modular regulation / Roland Somogyi, Stefanie Fuhrman, Gary Anderson, Chris Madill, Larry D. Greller, Bernard Chang -- Qualitative analysis of gene networks : toward the delineation of cross-regulatory modules / Denis Thieffry, Lucas Sanchez -- Exploring modularity with dynamical models of gene networks / George von Dassow, Eli Meir -- Basins of attraction in network dynamics : a conceptual framework for biomolecular networks / Andrew Wuensche -- Informational accretion, gene duplication, and the mechanisms of genetic module parcellation / Allan G. Force, William A. Cresko, F. Bryan Pickett -- The role of genetic architecture constraints in the origin of variational modularity / Gunter P. Wagner, Jason G. Mezey -- Generative entrenchment, modularity, and evolvability : when genic selection meets the whole organism / William C. Wimsatt, Jeffery C. Schank -- Starting the segmentation gene cascade in insects / Urs Schmidt-Ott, Ernst A. Wimmer. continuación del CONTENIDO: The evolution of nematode development : how cells and genes change their function / Ralf J. Sommer --
Modularity in the evolution of vertebrate appendages / Neil H. Shubin, Marcus C. Davis -- The individual as a module : solitary-to-colonial transitions in metazoan evolution and development / Brad Davidson, Molly W. Jacobs, Billie J. Swalla -- Evolvability, modularity, and individuality during the transition to multicellularity in volvocalean green algae / Aurora M. Nedelcu, Richard E. Michod -- Symbiosis, evolvability, and modularity / Kim Sterelny -- The role of modules in development and evolution / Gerhard Schlosser.
