Ecological developmental biology : integrating epigenetics, medicine, and evolution / Scott F. Gilbert, David Epel.

"When the molecular processes of epigenetics meet the ecological processes of phenotypic plasticity, the result is a revolutionary new field: ecological developmental biology, or "eco-devo." This new science studies development in the "real world" of predators, pathogens, competitors, symbionts, tox...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Gilbert, Scott F., 1949-
Other Authors:	Epel, David
Language:	English
Published:	Sunderland, Mass. : Sinauer Associates, [2009], ©2009.
Subjects:	Phenotypic plasticity. Developmental biology. Epigenesis. Evolution (Biology) Epigenesis, Genetic. Adaptation, Biological > genetics. Endocrine Disruptors > adverse effects. Environmental Pollution > adverse effects. Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental > physiology. Teratogens.
Online Access:	Connect to: Table of contents only - All users (Cataloging @ Library of Congress)
Physical Description:	xv, 480 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Format:	Book

Contents:

1. The environment as a normal agent in producing phenotypes
2. How agents in the environment effect molecular changes in development
3. Developmental symbiosis: co-development as a strategy for life
4. Embryonic defenses: survival in a hostile world
5. Teratogenesis: environmental assaults on development
6. Endocrine disruptors
7. The epigenetic origin of adult diseases
8. The modern synthesis: natural selection of allelic variation
9. Evolution through developmental regulatory genes
10. Environment, development, and evolution: toward a new synthesis
Coda: philosophical concerns raised by ecological developmental biology.