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1 online resource |
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Intro -- Contents -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- References -- Chapter 2: The Controversial Cope's, Haeckel's and Dollo's Evolutionary Rules: The Role of Evolutionary Retrogradation -- 2.1 Cope's Rule -- 2.1.1 Some of Its Consequences -- 2.1.2 Technical Remark About Some Criticisms of Cope's Rule -- 2.2 Haeckel's Rule of Terminal Addition -- 2.3 Catastrophe and Retrograde Evolution -- 2.4 Dollo's Law of Irreversibility -- References -- Chapter 3: Impact of the Environmental Stress on the Late Permian Pollen Grains from Zechstein Deposits of Poland -- 3.1 Introduction |
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3.2 Materials and Methods -- 3.3 Results -- 3.4 Discussion -- 3.5 Conclusions -- Appendix -- References -- Chapter 4: Stress-Related Evolution in Triassic Conodonts and the Middle Norian Juvenile Mortality -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 The Permian-Triassic Crisis -- 4.3 Restricted Basins of the Middle and Upper Triassic -- 4.4 Middle Norian Juvenile Assemblages -- 4.4.1 Material and Methods -- 4.4.2 Results -- 4.4.3 Discussion -- 4.5 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 5: Proteromorphosis in Early Triassic Conodonts -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Part One -- 5.2.1 Environmental Instabilities |
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5.2.2 Morphogenesis of the Bios -- 5.2.3 The Triassic as a Period of Time -- 5.2.4 Stages -- 5.2.5 Environmental Changes -- 5.2.6 Stratification of Ocean Water -- 5.2.7 Environmental Gaps -- 5.2.8 Methane -- 5.3 Part Two -- 5.3.1 Phylogenetic Reconstructions -- 5.3.2 Conodont Radiation -- 5.3.3 Griesbachian Zonation -- 5.3.4 Conodont Morphogenesis -- 5.3.5 Palaeogeography (After Brosse et al. 2016) -- 5.4 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 6: Developmental Plasticity Induced by Either External or Internal Environment Co-opts Ancient Regulatory Networks -- 6.1 Introduction |
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6.2 Investigating a Single Mutation with Nutritionally Induced Developmental Plasticity -- 6.2.1 The Evolutionary Implications of a Single-Gene Mutation That Produces Developmental Plasticity -- 6.3 Internal Cellular Environment: Cell Shape, Size, and Movement Are Crucial Factors in Morphogenesis and Its Evolution -- 6.3.1 The Cellular Environment Plays a Major Role in Determining Comb Orientation in Single Rotating Combs -- 6.3.2 The Cellular Environment Plays a Minor Role in Determining Comb Orientation in Vertical Sex Combs Without Rotation -- 6.3.3 Evolutionary Implications -- 6.4 Conclusion |
| Summary |
It is widely acknowledged that life has adapted to its environment, but the precise mechanism remains unknown since Natural Selection, Descent with Modification and Survival of the Fittest are metaphors that cannot be scientifically tested. In this unique text invertebrate and vertebrate biologists illuminate the effects of physiologic stress on epigenetic responses in the process of evolutionary adaptation from unicellular organisms to invertebrates and vertebrates, respectively. This book offers a novel perspective on the mechanisms underlying evolution. Capacities for morphologic alterations and epigenetic adaptations subject to environmental stresses are demonstrated in both unicellular and multicellular organisms. Furthermore, the underlying cellular-molecular mechanisms that mediate stress for adaptation will be elucidated wherever possible. These include examples of 'reverse evolution by Professor Guex for Ammonites and for mammals by Professor Torday and Dr. Miller. This provides empirical evidence that the conventional way of thinking about evolution as unidirectional is incorrect, leaving open the possibility that it is determined by cell-cell interactions, not sexual selection and reproductive strategy. Rather, the process of evolution can be productively traced through the conservation of an identifiable set of First Principles of Physiology that began with the unicellular form and have been consistently maintained, as reflected by the return to the unicellular state over the course of the life cycle |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
References-Chapter 7: Extreme Morphological Plasticity Within Orbulina-"Praeorbulina-Like" Assemblages Related to Environmental Stress-7.1 The Trilobatus-Praeorbulina-Orbulina Evolutionary Lineage-7.2 The Messinian Pre-salinity Crisis Case from the Mediterranean Basin-7.3 The Last Glacial Maximum Case from the Gulf of Oman, Northern Arabian Sea-7.4 Ancestor-Looking "Praeorbulina-Like" Occurrences: Link to Environmental Stress?-7.5 Conclusion Remarks-References |
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Evolution (Biology)
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Morphogenesis.
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Environmental engineering.
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environmental engineering.
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Biodiversity.
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Palaeontology.
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Microbiology (non-medical)
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Zoology: Invertebrates.
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Evolution.
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Science -- Life Sciences -- Ecology.
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Science -- Paleontology.
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Science -- Life Sciences -- Biology -- Microbiology.
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Science -- Life Sciences -- Zoology -- Invertebrates.
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Science -- Life Sciences -- Evolution.
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Environmental engineering
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Evolution (Biology)
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Morphogenesis
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Guex, Jean, 1945- editor.
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Torday, John S., editor.
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Miller, William B., Jr., 1951- editor.
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| ISBN |
9783030472795 |
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3030472795 |
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