All vertebrate embryos follow a common developmental path due to their common ancestry. All have a set of very similar genes (the homeobox genes) that define their basic body plan. As they grow, the ...

An attempt is made to assess the influence of evolution theory on the study of embryology by examining the assumptions held by embryologists before and after the publication of the Origin of Species, ...

VERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY AN INTRODUCTION TO THE COMPARATIVE ANATOMY EMBRYOLOGY AND EVOLUTION OF CHORDATE ANIMALS BY GR DE BEER WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JULIAN S HUXLEY ...

Foreword page -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 1: What is Evo-Devo and Why is it Important? -- What is Evo-Devo? -- Origins of Evo-Devo: the Homeobox -- Origins of Evo-Devo: Other Factors -- Evo-Devo ...

THE appearance of Balfour's great work on comparative embryology in 1880 marked an epoch in the history of zoology. Since then not only has a vast quantity of new information been acquired, but whole ...