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Contemporary research in the field of evolutionary developmental biology, or 'evo-devo', has to date been predominantly devoted to interpreting basic features of animal architecture in molecular genetics terms. Considerably less time has been spent on the exploitation of the wealth of facts and concepts available from traditional disciplines, such as comparative morphology, even though these traditional approaches can continue to offer a fresh insight into evolutionary developmental questions. The Development of Animal Form aims to integrate traditional morphological and contemporary molecular genetic approaches and to deal with post-embryonic development as well. This approach leads to unconventional views on the basic features of animal organization, such as body axes, symmetry, segments, body regions, appendages and related concepts. This book will be of particular interest to graduate students and researchers in evolutionary and developmental biology, as well as to those in related areas of cell biology, genetics and zoology.

Developmental biology --- Ontogeny --- Morphology --- Evolution (Biology) --- Developmental biology. --- Evolution (Biology). --- Morphology. --- Ontogeny. --- Animal evolution --- Animals --- Biological evolution --- Darwinism --- Evolutionary biology --- Evolutionary science --- Origin of species --- Biology --- Evolution --- Biological fitness --- Homoplasy --- Natural selection --- Phylogeny --- Biological form --- Biological structure --- Comparative morphology --- Form in biology --- Structure in biology --- Anatomy, Comparative --- Morphogenesis --- Ontogenesis --- Embryology --- Development (Biology) --- Growth --- Grammar, Comparative and general Morphology

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Myriapods are the only major zoological group for which a modern encyclopedic treatment has never been produced. In particular, this was the single major gap in the largest zoological treatise of the XIX century (Grassé’s Traité de Zoologie), whose publication has recently been stopped. The two volumes of “The Myriapoda” fill that gap with an updated treatment in the English language. Volume I opens with an introductory treatment of myriapod affinities and phylogeny. The following chapters are mostly devoted to the Chilopoda or centipedes, extensively treated from the point of view of external and internal morphology, physiology, reproduction, development, distribution, ecology, phylogeny and taxonomy. All currently recognized suprageneric and generic taxa are considered. Additional chapters deal with the two smaller myriapod classes, the Symphyla and the Pauropoda. All groups and features are extensively illustrated by line drawings and micrographs and living specimens of representative species of the main groups are presented in color photographs.

Myriapoda. --- Arthropoda. --- Arthropods --- Myriapods --- Myriopoda --- Myriopods --- Bilateria --- Invertebrates --- Arthropoda

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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 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 --- n/a