Evolutionary Developmental Biology

1. A Macroevolutionary Perspective on Developmental Constraints in Animals

   • F. Galis, J. A. J. Metz

2. A Process-Based Approach to the Study of Flower Morphological Variation

   • Chelsea D. Specht, Ana M. R. Almeida

3. A Reference Guide to Evo-Devo

   • Laura Nuño de la Rosa, Gerd B. Müller

4. Alexander Onufrievich Kowalevsky (1840–1901)

   • Alexander V. Ereskovsky

5. Alternation of Generations in Plants and Algae

   • Simon Bourdareau, Laure Mignerot, Svenja Heesch, Akira F. Peters, Susana M. Coelho, J. Mark Cock

6. Anatomical Network Analysis in Evo-Devo

   • Borja Esteve-Altava, Diego Rasskin-Gutman

7. Canalization: A Central but Controversial Concept in Evo-Devo

   • Paula N. Gonzalez, Jimena Barbeito-Andrés

8. Coevolution and Macroevolution

   • John N. Thompson, Kari A. Segraves, David M. Althoff

9. Complexity in Evo-Devo

   • Robert C. Richardson

10. Computational Modeling at the Cell and Tissue Level in Evo-Devo

    • Miquel Marin-Riera, Isaac Salazar-Ciudad

11. Concept of Burden in Evo-Devo

    • Diego Rasskin-Gutman, Borja Esteve-Altava

12. Conrad Hal Waddington (1905–1975)

    • Flavia Fabris

13. Convergence

    • George R. McGhee

14. Development and Evolution of the Neck Muscles

    • Rie Kusakabe, Shigeru Kuratani

15. Developmental Evolutionary Biology (Devo-Evo)

    • Mihaela Pavličev

16. Developmental Exaptation

    • Ariel D. Chipman

17. Developmental Homology

    • James DiFrisco

18. Developmental Innovation and Phenotypic Novelty

    • Gerd B. Müller

19. Developmental Plasticity and Evolution

    • Annalise B. Paaby, Nicholas D. Testa

20. Developmental System Drift

    • Eric S. Haag, John R. True

This reference work provides an comprehensive and easily accessible source of information on numerous aspects of Evolutionary Developmental Biology. The work provides an extended overview on the current state of the art of this interdisciplinary and dynamic scientific field. The work is organized in thematic sections, referring to the specific requirements and interests in each section in far detail. “Evolutionary Developmental Biology – A Reference Guide” is intended to provide a resource of knowledge for researchers engaged in evolutionary biology, developmental biology, theoretical biology, philosophy of sciences and history of biology.

• History of Evo-Devo
• Macroevolutionary Patterns
• Mechanisms of Evolution
• Theoretical Biology
• evolutionary concepts

• Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain

  Laura Nuno de la Rosa

• The KLI Institute, Klosterneuburg, Austria

  Gerd Müller

Laura Nuño de la Rosa, PhD, is a philosopher of science working on the history and philosophy of evolutionary biology, with a special emphasis on evo-devo. Graduated in Humanities, in 2010 she obtained a Masters Degree in Biophysics at the Autonomous University of Madrid. In 2012 she obtained a PhD in Philosophy with a thesis on the problem of organismal form, jointly from Complutense University of Madrid and Pantheon-Sorbonne University. After enjoying postdoc positions at the KLI Institute (Klosterneuburg, Austria) and the University of the Basque Country, in 2015 she joined the Department of Logic and Theoretical Philosophy at the Complutense University, where she currently holds a Juan de la Cierva Fellowship. ​

Gerd B. Müller, M.D., Ph.D., is professor emeritus at the University of Vienna, Austria, where he headed the Department of Theoretical Biology. He is president of the Konrad Lorenz Institute for Evolution and Cognition Research in Klosterneuburg, Austria, and president of the European Society for Evolutionary Developmental Biology. His research interests include developmental patterning, evolutionary innovation, evo-devo, and evolutionary theory.

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