Shapes of Time: The Evolution of Growth and Development - Hardcover

McNamara, Ken

 
9780801855719: Shapes of Time: The Evolution of Growth and Development

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A senior curator of invertebrate paleontology at the Western Australian Museum in Perth offers a new perspective on evolution by looking at how changes in the size and shape of animals and plants occur, what factors other than genetic mutation and natural selection operate, and what factors influence the changes. Central to his inquiry is the phenomenon known as heterochrony, changes in the rate and timing of the growth and development of individuals. Accessible to general readers. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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Kenneth J. McNamara is senior curator of invertebrate paleontology at the Western Australian Museum in Perth. He has investigated the role of heterochrony in evolution in a wide range of living and fossil animals in Europe, Australia, China, and Africa. He is co-author of 'Heterochrony: The Evolution of Ontogeny'.

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