Evolutionary developmental biology or evo-devo is a field of biological research that compares the underlying mechanisms of developmental processes in different organisms to infer the ancestral condition of these processes and elucidate how they have evolved. It addresses questions about the developmental bases of evolutionary changes and evolution of developmental processes.

The book's content is divided into three parts, the first of which discusses the theoretical background of evo-devo. The second part highlights new and emerging model organisms in the evo-devo field, while the third and last part explores the evo-devo approach in a broad comparative context. To the best of our knowledge, no other book combines these three evo-devo aspects: theoretical considerations, a comprehensive list of emerging model species, and comparative analyses of developmental processes.

Given its scope, the book will offer readers a new perspective on the naturaldiversity of processes at work in cells and during the development of various animal groups, and expand the horizons of seasoned and young researchers alike.

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Waclaw Tworzydlo received his PhD from the Jagiellonian University in 2006 and is currently Associate Professor in zoology and developmental biology at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow.

Szczepan M. Bilinski received his PhD from the Jagiellonian University in 1975 and is currently Secretary General of the Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences and Professor of zoology, cell and developmental biology at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow.

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1. ****Evolution of viviparity in dermapterans

Szczepan M. Bilinski (co-authors: Waclaw Tworzydlo) szczepan.bilinski@uj.edu.pl

Department of Developmenatl Biology and Invertebrate Morphology, Institute of Zoology and Biomedical Research, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland.

**2.      **Evolutionary origins of colonial development in ascidians

**Federico D. Brown (**co-author: Laurel Hiebert)

fdbrown@usp.br

Department of Zoology, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil 

**3.      **Development of the marsupial frogs

Eugenia M. Del Pino

EDELPINO@puce.edu.ec

School of Biological Sciences, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador,

   Quito, Ecuador**  **

**4.      **Cell type evolution - lessons from Trichoplax adhaerens

Micheal Eitel

m.eitel@lmu.de

Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Germany

5.        Hydra regeneration

Brigitte Galliot

Brigitte.Galliot@unige.ch

 Department of Genetics and Evolution, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

           **6.     **Determination of animal-vegetal axes in Gastropoda/Spiralia embryos

Jonathan Henry

 j-henry4@illinois.edu

Deptment of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana, USA

 7**.     **Chelicerate type of the ovary - implications on the gonad structure and the course of oogenesis

Izabela Jedrzejowska

izabela.jedrzejowska@uwr.edu.pl

Department of Animal Developmental Biology, Institute of Experimental Biology, University of Wroclaw, Poland

**8.      **The diversity of model systems in evolutionary developmental biology

Allan C. Love (co-author: Yoshinari Yoshida)

aclove@umn.edu

Department of Philosophy, Minnesota Center for Philosophy of Science, University of Minnesota, USA

**9.      **Arthropod eye evolution

Victor B. Mayer-Rochow

meyrow@gmail.com

Department of Biology, University of Oulu, Finland

10.  Mollusc development

Liliana Milani

liliana.milani@unibo.it

Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, University of   

   Bologna, Bologna, Italy

** ****11.  **Development of Xenoturbellida

Hiroaki Nakano

h.nakano@shimoda.tsukuba.ac.jp

Shimoda Marine Research Center, University of Tsukuba, Japan

**12.  ****Developmental geneti...