Francisco Aboitiz, J. Montiel

Origin and Evolution of the Vertebrate Telencephalon, with Special Reference to the Mammalian Neocortex (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

How could a structure as complex as the vertebrate brain develop from the simplest multicellular animals? Natural selection offers an impeccable mechanism for the gradual transformation of species, but even Darwin sometimes expressed doubts about the origin of highly complex structures. Following an approach that has been termed "developmental evolutionary genetics," this book seeks to establish a correspondence between embryological processes and the phylogenetic history of an organism.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
• Seitenzahl: 121
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Juni 2007
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783540497615
• Artikelnr.: 37372330

Autorenporträt

Francisco Aboitiz, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago, Chile / Juan Montiel, Universidad Diego Portales, Santiago, Chile

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction.- Evolution of the vertebrate nervous system and the telencephalon.- Animal phylogenetic relationships.- The origin of vertebrates.- Evolution of the telencephalon in vertebrates.- Origin of the mammalian brain.- The first mammals.- Origins of the mammalian neocortex: hypotheses on homology .- Embryological evidence.- The olfactory-hippocampal hypothesis.- Origin of neocortical lamination.- Expansion of the neocortex.- Discussion.- An overview.- Issues with evolutionary theory.- Final comments.- Acknowledgements.- References.- Subject index.