Epigenetic Principles of Evolution

Thisisthefirstandonlybook,sofar,todealwiththecausalbasisofevolutionfromanepigeneticview.Byrevealingtheepigenetic"user"ofthe"genetictoolkit",thisbookdemonstratestheprimacyofepigeneticmechanismsandepigeneticinformationingeneratingevolutionarynovelties.Theauthorconvincinglysupportshistheorywithahostofexamplesfromthemostvariedfieldsofbiology,byemphasizingchangesindevelopmentalpathwaysasthebasicsourceofevolutionarychangeinmetazoans.Originalandthought-provoking-aradicallynewtheorythatovercomesthepresentdifficultiesofthetheoryofevolution.IsthefirstandonlytheorythatusesepigeneticmechanismsandprinciplesforexplainingevolutionofmetazoansTakesanintegrativeapproachandshowsawiderangeoflearning