Building the Most Complex Structure on Earth

An Epigenetic Narrative of Development and Evolution of Animals
Erscheinungsjahr 2013
ISBN: 978-0-12-401667-5
Verlag: William Andrew Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 308 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 590 g

Building the Most Complex Structure on Earth provides readers with a basic biological education an easy and understandable introduction into a new epigenetic theory of development and evolution. This is a novel theory that describes the epigenetic mechanisms of the development and evolution of animals and explains the colossal evolution and diversification of animals from a new post-genetic perspective. Modern biology has demonstrated the existence of a common genetic toolkit in the animal kingdom, but neither the number of genes nor the evolution of new genes is responsible for the development and evolution of animals. The failure to understand how the same genetic toolkit is used to produce millions of widely different animal forms remains a perplexing conundrum in modern biology. The novel theory shows that the development and evolution of the animal kingdom are functions of epigenetic mechanisms, which are the competent users of the genetic toolkit.

Zielgruppe

<p>Students and teachers of life sciences, medicine, veterinary, psychology, botany.</p>

Autoren/Hrsg.

R Cabej, Nelson

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Evolutionsbiologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Genetik und Genomik (nichtmedizinisch)
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Entwicklungsbiologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1. Control Systems in the Living World Chapter 2. Reproduction of Animals: Circumventing the Universal LawChapter 3. Erecting Animal StructureChapter 4. Living and Adapting to its Own HabitatChapter 5. Rise of the Animal Kingdom and Epigenetic Mechanisms of EvolutionChapter 6. Epilogue

Über Autor(innen)

R Cabej, Nelson
Nelson R. Cabej earned his PhD in biology at the University of Tirana, Albania, and currently serves as a researcher in the Department of Biology at the same university. His scientific career began with research in the fields of epizootiology, immunology and molecular biology at the Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Tirana, Albania. He also previously taught general biology at the University of Tirana and William Paterson College, Wayne, New Jersey, USA. He has published more than 50 scientific articles and 20 books in the fields of evolutionary biology, epigenetics, developmental biology and philosophy of biology, including 4 books with Elsevier: Building The Most Complex Structure On Earth (2013); Epigenetic Principles of Evolution, Second Edition (2018); Epigenetic Mechanisms of the Cambrian Explosion (2019); and The Inductive Brain in Development and Evolution (2021).