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Recent and ongoing debates in biology and the philosophy of biology reveal a widespread dissatisfaction with traditional explanatory frameworks. There are also problems with the current definitions or circumscriptions of key concepts such as gene, species, and homology, and even of whole disciplinary fields within the life sciences, e.g. developmental biology. These contrasting views are arguably a symptom of the need to revisit traditional, unchallenged partitions between the specialist disciplines within the life sciences. In the diversity of topics addressed and approaches to move beyond the current disciplinary organization, the five essays in this volume will hopefully stimulate further exploration towards an improved articulation of life sciences.

Research & information: general --- Biology, life sciences --- research programs --- scientific pluralism --- taxonomic theory --- taxonomic pluralisms --- typology --- phylogenetics --- biosystematics --- numerical taxonomy --- biomorphics --- evo-devo --- nomadic concept --- nomadic discipline --- anchor concept --- anchor discipline --- life cycle --- generation --- organizational module --- species --- evolutionary developmental biology --- evolutionary extended synthesis --- theory of development --- active inference --- attention --- development --- evolution --- language --- memory --- pragmatics --- reference frames --- scale-free cognition --- self --- stigmergy --- process philosophy --- scientific perspectivism --- developmental genetics --- plant structure ontology --- homology --- land plant phylogeny --- morphological misfits --- flower --- phyllotaxis --- Utricularia

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Compared to animals, plants have been largely neglected in evolutionary developmental biology. Mainstream research has focused on developmental genetics, while a rich body of knowledge in comparative morphology is still to be exploited. No integrated account is available. In this volume, Minelli fills this gap using the same approach he gave to animals, revisiting traditional concepts and providing an articulated analysis of genetic and molecular data. Topics covered include leaf complexity and the evolution of flower organs, handedness, branching patterns, flower symmetry and synorganization, and less conventional topics such as fractal patterns of plant organization. Also discussed is the hitherto neglected topic of the evolvability of temporal phenotypes like a plant's annual, biennial or perennial life cycle, flowering time and the timing of abscission of flower organs. This will be informative reading for anyone in the field of plant evo-devo, from students to lecturers and researchers.

Plants --- Evolution. --- Plant genetics.

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Developmental biology is seemingly well understood, with development widely accepted as being a series of programmed changes through which an egg turns into an adult organism, or a seed matures into a plant. However, the picture is much more complex than that: is it all genetically controlled or does environment have an influence? Is the final adult stage the target of development and everything else just a build-up to that point? Are developmental strategies the same in plants as in animals? How do we consider development in single-celled organisms? In this concise, engaging volume, Alessandro Minelli, a leading developmental biologist, addresses these key questions. Using familiar examples and easy-to-follow arguments, he offers fresh alternatives to a number of preconceptions and stereotypes, awakening the reader to the disparity of developmental phenomena across all main branches of the tree of life.

Developmental biology. --- Development (Biology) --- Biology --- Growth --- Ontogeny