From DNA to Diversity: Molecular Genetics and the Evolution of Animal Design

This extensively revised second edition delves into the latest genetic discoveries, incorporating new coverage of comparative genomics, molecular evolution of regulatory proteins and elements, and microevolution of animal development. An engaging style, clear, four-color illustrations, and up-to-date content all combine to make this book a highly accessible and definitive synthesis of the field. This accessible book builds logically from developmental genetics and regulatory mechanisms to evolution at different genetic morphological levels. It provides in-depth focus on key concepts through well-developed case studies, chapter summaries, references, and a glossary.

Animals diverge from common ancestry through changes in their DNA, but what are the genes that control morphology? In this landmark work, the author team lead by Dr. Sean Carroll presents the general principles of the genetic basis of morphological change through a synthesis of evolutionary biology with genetics and embryology. The history of animal evolution, model system developmental genetics, and genetic regulatory mechanisms are first addressed, and then case studies of evolutionary change at different genetic and morphological levels are examined.

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