Morphodynamics
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Morphodynamics

  1. 551 pages
  2. English
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Morphodynamics

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Morphodynamics is defined as the unique interaction among environment, functional morphology, developmental constraints, phylogeny, and time-all of which shape the evolution of life. These fabricational patterns and similarities owe their regularity not to a detailed genetic program, but to extrinsic factors, which may be mechanical, chemical, or b

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Publisher
CRC Press
Year
2014
Print ISBN
9781482221183
eBook ISBN
9781482221190
Edition
1
Topic
Biological Sciences
Subtopic
Biology
Index
Biological Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. A Note from Adolf Seilacher
  4. A Note from Alan D. Gishlick
  5. Acknowledgments
  6. Foreword by Derek Briggs
  7. Preface
  8. Introduction: Principles of Morphodynamics
  9. Chapter 1: Fabricational Noise in Body Shapes
  10. Chapter 2: Other Fabricational Morphospaces
  11. Chapter 3: Branching and Intercalating Patterns
  12. Chapter 4: Other Patterns
  13. Chapter 5: Lifestyles and Functional Convergence
  14. Chapter 6: Patterns of Evolution Versus Counter-Evolution
  15. Chapter 7: Taphonomy
  16. Chapter 8: Protists
  17. Chapter 9: Vendobionts: Lost Life Forms of Ediacaran Times
  18. Chapter 10: Porifera
  19. Chapter 11: Soft-Bottom Actinians and Jellyfish
  20. Chapter 12: Soft-Bottom Corals
  21. Chapter 13: Brachiopods: Bivalved Shells with a Difference
  22. Chapter 14: Bivalves I: Constructional and Morphogenetic Principles
  23. Chapter 15: Bivalves II: Evolutionary Ecology
  24. Chapter 16: Gastropod Heteromorphy: Or How to Get Out of the Spiral Syndrome
  25. Chapter 17: Ammonites I: Outer Shell and Jaws
  26. Chapter 18: Ammonites II: Septal Apparatus
  27. Chapter 19: Ammonites III: Taphonomy
  28. Chapter 20: Straight Cephalopods
  29. Chapter 21: Worm-like Organisms
  30. Chapter 22: Trilobites
  31. Chapter 23: Cirripeds: Arthropods Become Sessile
  32. Chapter 24: Echinoid Construction
  33. Chapter 25: Crinoids
  34. Chapter 26: Extinct Echinoderms: Deviant Symmetries and Armored Tube Feet
  35. Chapter 27: Clonal Colonies
  36. Appendix I: Glossary
  37. Appendix II: Illustration Sources
  38. Back Cover

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