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