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From Clone to Bone

New Paradigms

By: Robert J. Asher (Editor), Johannes Müller (Editor)

Hardcover | 18 October 2012

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Since the 1980s, a renewed understanding of molecular development has afforded an unprecedented level of knowledge of the mechanisms by which phenotype in animals and plants has evolved. In this volume, top scientists in these fields provide perspectives on how molecular data in biology help to elucidate key questions in estimating paleontological divergence and in understanding the mechanisms behind phenotypic evolution. Paleobiological questions such as genome size, digit homologies, genetic control cascades behind phenotype, estimates of vertebrate divergence dates, and rates of morphological evolution are addressed, with a special emphasis on how molecular biology can inform paleontology, directly and indirectly, to better understand life''s past. Highlighting a significant shift towards interdisciplinary collaboration, this is a valuable resource for students and researchers interested in the integration of organismal and molecular biology.
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'Fundamental questions in biology, such as the origin of form and the tree of life, were major concerns for the leading biologists of the nineteenth century, but those researchers lacked the research tools to test their ideas. This book highlights the remarkable synergies between molecular biologists, developmental biologists, and palaeobiologists in providing new understanding. Asher and Mueller have assembled an excellent set of chapters on these themes, and these provide incisive introductions to an important interdisciplinary field.' Michael J. Benton, University of Bristol
'This book is a must-read for scientists interested in how molecular biology and morphology intersect, and especially for those scientists who are interested in incorporating paleontological evidence in their research. Chapter contributors are world experts in their respective areas, making this work one of the best in the field. Graduate students and faculty who study morphology, specifically those interested in evo-devo (evolutionary/development biology), will gain new insights after reading this important work. Highly recommended.' T. A. Franz-Odendaal, Choice
'Each chapter is written in an accessible manner, and is appropriate for graduate-level students to late career scientists. Asher and Mueller have assembled an exciting volume that provides great cohesive insight into the synergistic nature of modern paleontology and molecular biology.' The Quarterly Review of Biology

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