Evolution and Development

Evolution and Development will be the first truly balanced introductory textbook treatment of this rapidly growing field. Hallmarks of the text will be an early focus on Darwinian evolution and natural selection that will lead into more molecular developmental detail. A comparative approach to developmental and non-developmental model systems, including plant and animal, will be presented to provide an intuitive understanding. While this approach will put concepts in perspective, it will make the developmental mechansims easier for students to comprehend. The text will include cutting edge treatment of larval evolution and coloniality, two emerging areas of interest. In order to help students understand how we came to know what we know, each chapter will begin with a page on a scientist that has contributed to a particular field with special effort to include a balance between genders and faculty of color.