Carroll, Sean B.

From DNA to diversity molecular genetics and the evolution of animal design / [[Book] :] Sean B. Carroll, Jennifer K. Grenier, Scott D. Weatherbee. - 2nd ed. - Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., c2005. - ix, 258 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

A brief history of animals -- The genetic toolkit for development -- Building animals -- Evolution of the toolkit -- Diversification of body plans and body parts -- Evolution of morphological novelties -- Morphological variation and species divergence -- From DNA to diversity: the primacy of regulatory evolution.

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Evolutionary genetics.
Molecular genetics.
Biodiversity.
Morphology (Animals).
Animal Population Groups--genetics.
Variation (Genetics).
Animal Population Groups--anatomy & histology.
Evolution, Molecular.
Gene Expression.

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