Table of Contents

Homology-History of a Concept (A. Panchen). Homoplasy, Homology and the Problem of 'Sameness' in Biology (D. Wake). Homology Among Divergent Paleozoic Tetrapod Clades (R. Carroll). Generation, Integration, Autonomy: Three Steps in the Evolution of Homology (G. Muller & S. Newman). On the Homology of Structures and Hox Genes: The Vertebral Column (F. Galis). Developmental Basis of Limb Homology in Urodeles: Heterochronic Evidence from the Primitive Hynobiid Family (J. Hinchliffe & E. Vorobyeva). Larval Homologies and Radical Evolutionary Changes in Early Development (R. Raff). A Research Programme for Testing the Biological Homology Concept (G. Wagner). Homology and Homoplasy: The Retention of Genetic Programmes (A. Meyer). Homology in the Nervous System: Of Characters, Embryology and Levels of Analysis (G. Striedter). Natural History and Behavioural Homology (H. Greene). Evolutionary Dissociations Between Homologous Genes and Homologous Structures (G. Wray). Establishing Homology Criteria for Regulatory Gene Networks: Prospects and Challenges (E. Abouheif). The Effect of Gene Duplication on Homology (P. Holland). Summary (B. Hall). Indexes.

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