Modularity in Development and Evolution

Introduction : The Modularity Concept In Developmental And Evolutionary Biology / Gerhard Schlosser And Günter P. Wagner -- Selector Genes And The Genetic Control Of Developmental Modules / Craig Nelson -- The Basic Helix-loop-helix Proteins In Vertebrate And Invertebrate Neurogenesis / Uwe Strähle And Patrick Blader -- The Pax/six/eya/dach Network In Development And Evolution / Gabrielle Kardon, Tiffany A. Heanue And Clifford J. Tabin -- The Notch Signaling Module / José F. De Celis -- Sonic Hedgehog And Wnt Signaling Pathways During Development And Evolution / Anne-gaëlle Borycki --modular Pleiotropic Effects Of Quantitative Trait Loci On Morphological Traits / James M. Cheverud -- Central Nervous System Development : From Embryonic Modules To Functional Modules / Christoph Redies And Luis Puelles -- Synexpression Groups : Genetic Modules And Embryonic Development / Christof Niehrs -- Systematic Exploration And Mining Of Gene Expression Data Provides Evidence For Higher-order, Modular Regulation / Roland Somogyi ... [et Al.] -- Qualitative Analysis Of Gene Networks : Toward The Delineation Of Cross-regulatory Modules / Denis Thieffry And Lucas Sánchez -- Exploring Modularity With Dynamical Models Of Gene Networks / George Von Dassow And Eli Meir -- Basins Of Attraction In Network Dynamics : A Conceptual Framework For Biomolecular Networks / Andrew Wuensche -- Informational Accretion, Gene Duplication, And The Mechanisms Of Genetic Module Parcellation / Allan G. Force, William A. Cresko And F. Bryan Pickett -- The Role Of Genetic Architecture Constraints In The Origin Of Variational Modularity / Günter P. Wagner And Jason G. Mezey -- Generative Entrenchment, Modularity, And Evolvability : When Genic Selection Meets The Whole Organism / William C. Wimsatt And Jeffery C. Schank -- Starting The Segmentation Gene Cascade In Insects / Urs Schmidt-ott And Ernst A. Wimmer -- The Evolution Of Nematode Development : How Cells And Genes Change Their Function / Ralf J. Sommer -- Modularity In The Evolution Of Vertebrate Appendages / Neil H. Shubin And Marcus C. Davis -- The Individual As A Module : Solitary-to-colonial Transitions In Metazoan Evolution And Development / Brad Davidson, Molly W. Jacobs And Billie J. Swalla -- Evolvability, Modularity, And Individuality During The Transition To Multicellularity In Volvocalean Green Algae / Aurora M. Nedelcu And Richard E. Michod -- Symbiosis, Evolvability, And Modularity / Kim Sterelny -- The Role Of Modules In Development And Evolution / Gerhard Schlosser. Edited By Gerhard Schlosser And Günter P. Wagner. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.