Evolutionary Biology -

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Résumé :
This volume is the twenty-ninth in this series, which includes twenty-eight numbered volumes and one unnumbered supplement. The editors continue to focus on critical reviews, commentaries, original papers, and controversies in of the reviews range from anthropology to evolutionary biology. The topics molecular evolution, population biology to paleobiology. Recent volumes have included a broad spectrum of chapters on such subjects as population biology, comparative morphology, paleobiology, molecular phy? logenetics, developmental evolutionary biology, systematics, and the history of evolutionary biology. The editors continue to solicit manuscripts in all areas of evolutionary biology. Manuscripts should be sent to anyone of the following: Max K. Hecht, Department of Biology, Queens College of the City University of New York, Flushing, New York 11367; Ross 1. MacIntyre, Department of Genetics and Development, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853; or Michael T. Clegg, Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, University of California, Riverside, California 92521. vii Contents 1. Homology and Embryonic Development Brian K. Hall Introduction .............................................. 1 A Brief History of the Concept of Homology ................. 1 von Baer's Laws ........................................ 4 Germ Layers and Ernst Haeckel ............................ 6 Embryology and Homology ............................... 7 Homology: An Unsolved Problem ............................ 8 Latent Homology ........................................ 8 Serial Homology ........................................ 9 Common Origins and Common Inductions ..................... 12 Mechanisms of Gastrulation ............................... 13 Origin of the Alimentary Canal............................ 14 Origin of Germ Cells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . . . . . . . . Induction of Meckel's Cartilage ............................ 15 Induction of the Lens of the Eye ........................... 16 Development of Internal and External Cheek Pouches .......... 18 Selection for Increased Tail Length in Mice .................. 19 Regeneration and Homology .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 . . . . . . .

Sommaire:
1. Homology and Embryonic Development.- Homology: An Unsolved Problem.- Common Origins and Common Inductions.- Common Genetic Basis.- Biological Homology.- Acknowledgments.- References.- 2. The Evolution of Paired Fins and the Origin of Tetrapod Limbs: Phylogenetic and Transformational Approaches.- The Fin Endoskeleton.- The Axis of the Tetrapod Limb.- Homology of Limb Elements.- Genetic Analyses of Limb Evolution.- The Structural Rearrangement of the Limb.- Limbs and the Tetrapod Radiation.- Summary.- Acknowledgments.- References.- 3. Drosophila Molecular Phylogenies and Their Uses.- The Larger Picture.- Molecular Phylogenies.- Illustrative Uses of Drosophila Phylogenies.- Conclusions.- Note Added in Proof.- Acknowledgments.- References.- 4. Plant Molecular Systematics: Inferences of Phylogeny and Evolutionary Processes.- Higher-Level Phylogeny.- Phylogenetic Perspectives on Character Evolution.- Multiplicity versus Singularity of Character-State Changes.- Hybridization and Introgression.- Patterns and Rates of Diversification.- Conclusions.- Acknowledgments.- References.- 5. The Impact of Historical Contingency on Gene Phylogeny: Plant Actin Diversity.- and Background.- Historical Contingency and Evolution.- Defining Historical Contingency as It Applies to Genes.- Three Categories of Historical Contingency That Link Gene Phylogeny and Macroevolution.- Gene Duplication and Combinatorial Control.- Application of Contingency Theory.- Acknowledgments.- References.- 6. Evolution as a Lottery Conflicting with Evolution via Sexual Selection in African Rain Forest-Dwelling Killifishes (Cyprinodontidae, Rivulinae, Diapteron).- Materials and Methods.- Results.- Discussion.- Summary.- Acknowledgments.- References.

From reviews of the series: `Evolutionary Biology occupies a unique and valuable place in the evolutionary literature...The editors are to be congratulated on their continuing ability to attract interesting articles.' (The Journal of Evolutionary Biology) `The scope of Evolutionary Biology is vast...This series is...excellent; we should all press for its maintenance in our institutions, libraries.' (Biologist)