Overview
- Devoted to the evolution of Hox genes and Hox complexes, in relation to animal evolution
- Discusses function of the Hox genes at the organism level
- Biological function of the Hox genes in the Bilateria
Part of the book series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology (AEMB, volume 689)
Access this book
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Other ways to access
About this book
In his 1894 book, Materials for the Study of Variation, William Bateson coined the term Homoeosis with the following prose: The case of the modification of the antenna of an insect into a foot, of the eye of a Crustacean into an antenna, of a petal into a stamen, and the like, are examples of the same kind. It is desirable and indeed necessary that such Variations, which consist in the assumption by one member of a Meristic series, of the form or characters proper to other members of the series, should be recognized as constituting a distinct group of phenomena. ...I therefore propose...the term HOMOEOSIS...; for the essential phenomenon is not that there has merely been a change, but that something has been changed into the likeness of something else. The book was intended as a listing of the kinds of naturally occurring variation that could act as a substrate for the evolutionary process and Bateson took his examples from collections, both private and in museums, of materials displaying morphological oddities. Interestingly the person who also coined the term “Genetics” proffered little in the way of speculation on the possible genetic underpinnings of these oddities. It wasn’t until the early part of the next century that these changes in meristic series were shown to be heritable.
Similar content being viewed by others
Keywords
Table of contents (12 chapters)
-
Front Matter
-
Evolution of Hox Genes and Complexes
-
Front Matter
-
-
Back Matter
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
JEAN S. DEUT SCH, is Emeritus Professor of Genetics and Animal Biology, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris 6, Department (UMR 7622) “Biologie du Développement”. Under the supervision of Prof. P.P. Slonimski, he participated to the birth of mitochondrial genetics of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. During the ‘80s, he moved to the Institut Jacques Monod in Paris to study developmental genetics of Drosophila melanogaster, focusing on the genetics of the hormonal control of metamorphosis. In 1993, he was the first in France, together with André Adoutte, to undertake evo-devo studies, choosing the cirripedes, which
have been Darwin’s favourite animals, as a model, because of their so peculiar
body plan. In a second step, his team studied the developmental genetics of other arthropods, including scorpions and pycnogonids. He is author of a number of scientific publications in international journals, and of three textbooks in French on Drosophila and genetics.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Hox Genes
Book Subtitle: Studies from the 20th to the 21st Century
Editors: Jean S. Deutsch
Series Title: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6673-5
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2010
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-6672-8Published: 27 May 2010
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-4113-1Published: 23 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4419-6673-5Published: 11 January 2011
Series ISSN: 0065-2598
Series E-ISSN: 2214-8019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIII, 169
Topics: Human Genetics, Biomedicine general, Gene Function