Evolution Evolving: The Developmental Origins of Adaptation and Biodiversity

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Authors	Kevin N. Lala, Tobias Uller, Nathalie Feiner, Marcus Feldman, and Scott F. Gilbert
Language	English
ISBN	9780691262413
Publisher	Princeton University Press
Pages	440
Size	242 x 167 mm
Format	Hardcover
Images	B/w illustrations
Year published	2024

Evolution Evolving is a new account of the central role developmental processes play in evolution.

A new scientific view of evolution is emerging – one that challenges and expands our understanding of how evolution works. Recent research demonstrates that organisms differ greatly in how effective they are at evolving. Whether and how each organism adapts and diversifies depends critically on the mechanistic details of how that organism operates – its development, physiology, and behaviour. That is because the evolutionary process itself has evolved over time, and continues to evolve. The scientific understanding of evolution is evolving too, with groundbreaking new ways of explaining evolutionary change. In Evolution Evolving, a group of leading biologists draw on the latest findings in evolutionary genetics and evo-devo, as well as novel insights from studies of epigenetics, symbiosis, and inheritance, to examine the central role that developmental processes play in evolution.

Written in an accessible style, and illustrated with fascinating examples of natural history, the authors present recent scientific discoveries that expand evolutionary biology beyond the classical view of gene transmission guided by natural selection. Without undermining the central importance of natural selection and other Darwinian foundations, new developmental insights indicate that all organisms possess their own characteristic sets of evolutionary mechanisms. The authors argue that a consideration of developmental phenomena is needed for evolutionary biologists to generate better explanations for adaptation and biodiversity. Evolution Evolving provides a new vision of adaptive evolution.

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