{"product_id":"9783032280589","title":"Evolvability and Evolution of Diptera","description":"\u003ch3\u003eZoological Monographs\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eEvolvability and Evolution of Diptera\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAlessandro Minelli | Daniele Sommaggio\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eScience \/ Life Sciences \/ Evolution\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEvolvability and Evolution of Diptera\u003c\/em\u003e presents the first book-length exploration of phylo–evo–devo built around a single, extraordinarily diverse animal group. Integrating phylogeny, developmental biology, genetics, morphology, and fossils, the book examines how developmental systems shape evolutionary possibilities across multiple taxonomic levels and along the entire life cycle, from larva to adult.\u003cbr\u003eRather than focusing on adaptation and the survival of the fittest, this volume addresses a central question of evolutionary developmental biology: the arrival of the fittest. By analyzing which changes are easy, difficult, or effectively impossible given a species’ developmental architecture, evolvability is placed at the heart of evolutionary explanation. Diptera offer an ideal case study, combining immense structural diversity, strong developmental modularity between larval and adult stages, and an unmatched depth of information available for model organisms such as \u003cem\u003eDrosophila melanogaster\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003eBridging natural history and experimental developmental genetics, and re-examining classical and overlooked sources alongside modern data, this book offers a coherent and innovative framework for understanding evolutionary novelty, constraints, and disparity. It will be essential reading for evolutionary biologists, developmental biologists, and entomologists interested in how development channels the course of evolution.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlessandro Minelli \u003c\/strong\u003ewas Professor of Zoology at the Faculty of Science of the University of Padova until his retirement in October 2011. Since the mid-90s, his main scientific interest has been evolutionary developmental biology, with particular reference to the origin and evolution of serial and modular structures such as arthropod segments and appendages. Alessandro is a founding member (1987) and Vice President (1997-99) of the European Society for Evolutionary Biology and a current or past member of the editorial boards of several scientific journals, including \u003cem\u003eEvolution \u0026amp; Development\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eFrontiers in Zoology\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eJournal of Evolutionary Biology\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eJournal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eOrganisms Diversity and Evolution\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eTheory in Biosciences\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eZootaxa\u003c\/em\u003e. He was the Editor-in-Chief of \u003cem\u003eFrontiers in Evolutionary Developmental Biology\u003c\/em\u003e from 2014 to 2017. In 2024 he has been awarded by the St. Petersburg Society of Naturalists the Kowalevsky Medal for his achievements in evolutionary developmental biology and comparative zoology.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDaniele Sommaggio\u003c\/strong\u003e is an entomologist specializing in Diptera, with over twenty years of research on the taxonomy, morphology, and ecology of hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae). His work spans faunistic surveys, functional biodiversity, the use of insects as bioindicators, and the evolutionary interpretation of morphological patterns in Diptera. He has authored more than 80 scientific publications, contributed to the curation and study of major entomological collections, and served as reviewer for international initiatives in dipteran systematics and biodiversity assessment. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e24 August 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSpringer Nature Switzerland\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSpringer\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9783032280589\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e223\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Springer Nature Switzerland","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47993408684172,"sku":"9783032280589","price":197.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783032280589.jpg?v=1780599777","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9783032280589","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}