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1 online resource (viii, 459 pages) : illustrations |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
A brief history of the term and concept epigenetics / Brian K. Hall -- Heuristic reductionism and the relative significance of epigenetic inheritance in evolution / James Griesemer -- The epigenetics of genomic imprinting : core epigenetic processes are conserved in mammals, insects, and plants / Lori A. McEachern and Vett Lloyd -- Methylation mapping in humans / Christoph Grunau -- Asexuality and epigenetic variation / Root Gorelick, Manfred Laubichler, and Rachel Massicotte -- Epigenesis, preformation, and the Humpty Dumpty problem / Ellen W. Larsen and Joel Atallah -- A principle of developmental inertia / Allesandro Minelli -- The role of epigenetics in nervous system development / Chris Kovach, Pierre Mattar, and Carol Schuurmans -- Morphogenesis of pigment patterns : experimental and modeling approaches / Lennart Olsson -- Epigenetic interactions of the cardiac neural crest / Martha Alonzo, Kathleen K. Smith, and Margaret L. Kirby -- Epigenetics in bone and cartilage development / Tamara A. Franz-Odendaal -- Muscle-bone interactions and the development of skeletal phenotype : jaw muscles and the skull / Susan W. Herring -- Evolution of the apical ectoderm in the developing vertebrate limb / Lisa Noelle Cooper, Brooke Autumn Armfield, and J.G.M. Thewissen -- Role of skeletal muscle in the epigenetic shaping of organs, tissues and cell fate choices / Boris Kablar -- Epigenetic integration, complexity and evolvability of the head : rethinking the functional matrix hypothesis / Daniel E. Lieberman -- Epigenetic interactions : the developmental route to functional integration / Miriam Leah Zelditch and Donald L. Swiderski -- Epigenetic contributions to adaptive radiation : insights from threespine stickleback / Susan A. Foster and Matthew A. Wund -- Learning, developmental plasticity, and the rate of morphological evolution / Christopher J. Neufeld and A. Richard Palmer -- Epigenetics : adaptation or contingency? / Thomas F. Hansen -- The epigenetics of dysmorphology : craniosynostosis as an example / Christopher J. Percival and Joan T. Richtsmeier -- Epigenetics of human disease / Peter D. Gluckman [and others] -- Epigenetics : the context of development / Benedikt Hallgrímsson and Brian K. Hall. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Summary |
Illuminating the processes and patterns that link genotype to phenotype, epigenetics seeks to explain features, characters, and developmental mechanisms that can only be understood in terms of interactions that arise above the level of the gene. With chapters written by leading authorities, this volume offers a broad integrative survey of epigenetics. Approaching this complex subject from a variety of perspectives, it presents a broad, historically grounded view that demonstrates the utility of this approach for understanding complex biological systems in development, disease, and evolution. C. |
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Phenotype.
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Epigenesis.
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Genotype-environment interaction.
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Genetic regulation.
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Developmental genetics.
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Evolutionary genetics.
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Genetics & Genomics.
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Evolution.
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Developmental genetics. (OCoLC)fst00891808
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Epigenesis. (OCoLC)fst00914128
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Evolutionary genetics. (OCoLC)fst00917342
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Genetic regulation. (OCoLC)fst00940086
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Genotype-environment interaction. (OCoLC)fst00940233
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Phenotype. (OCoLC)fst01060531
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| Added Author |
Hallgrímsson, Benedikt.
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Hall, Brian K. (Brian Keith), 1941-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Epigenetics. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2011 9780520267091 (DLC) 2010030921 (OCoLC)656158730 |
| ISBN |
9780520948822 (electronic bk.) |
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0520948823 (electronic bk.) |
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