Heterochrony

Heterochrony, broadly defined, refers to evolutionary change in the rate or timing of development. The concept has long been central to evolutionary developmental biology and remai...

AbstractHeterochrony has often been proposed as a leading mechanism for macroevolutionary change in morphology of organisms, based simply on a relative shift in the timing of event...

Abstract Modularity (segmentation), homology and heterochrony were essential concepts embraced by Gavin de Beer in his studies of the development and evolution of...

Heterochrony is an enabling concept in evolution theory that metaphorically captures the mechanism of biologic change due to mechanisms of growth and development. The spatio-tempor...

The absence of a single universal concept of mixed “reality” suggests the importance of context for its understanding and interpretation. The psychological context of understanding...

AbstractThe exoskeleton (cuticle) of insects varies widely in shape, biomechanical properties, and functions, which are inherent to the biological species and developmental stage, ...

This chapter reads the fantastical sex-change and longevity in Woolf’s Orlando in relation to contemporary experiments on the genetic and developmental determination of sex, notabl...

This introduction returns to modernism’s incipient moments as the “Jonbar hinge” or pivot point for an alternative history of the period’s well-known time fixation. Using Lefebvre ...