The Development of Animal Form: Ontogeny, Morphology, and Evolution

“…a welcome addition to the growing EvoDevo literature.” Biology and Philosophy

“The book is a focused effort to strike a new balance in the recently revitalized field of research known as evolutionary developmental biology, or evo-devo. To a surprising extent, given the scope and complexity of the subject matter, it succeeds…[an] important book.” Quarterly Review of Biology

“This impressively scholarly book summarizes and further develops [Minelli’s] work of the past 30 years…It is a ‘must-read’ for any practitioner in the fields of developmental and evolutionary biology…” Nature

“…an enjoyable and stimulating read…a genuine effort to reconnect evo-devo with a broader natural history. In this, it succeeds beautifully.” Nature Genetics

“Alessandro Minelli’s The Development of Animal Form stresses ‘evo-‘ and, I believe, is destined to play an important role in the progressive development of the field because it effectively frames new questions and reinterprets old ones…. The book is filled with ideas, testable hypotheses, and suggestions for research projects. It moves us away from model organisms to the richness of comparative biology, always building on the foundation of the stunning successes of the model organism approach. The book is so rich in ideas that I found it hard to put down…. [The book] is a discerning and critical, yet loving, view of a dynamic field. I recommend it especially to graduate students and postdocs. It will be read with profit by those who seriously desire to mold evolutionary developmental biology.” Science

“Alessandro Minelli’s The Development of Animal Form is now the best example we have of morphological criticism…an important book.” Stuart A. Newman, New York Medical College