Edited by Jay E. Mittenthal and Arthur B. Baskin

General Introduction

Physiology

Introduction

The Flexible Dynamics of Biological Coordination: Living in the Niche Between Order and Disorder
C. G. DeGuzman and J. A. S. Kelso

Biological Organization and Adaptation: Fractal Structure and Scaling Similarities
T. R. Nelson

Commentary

Physiology and Development

Introduction

Constancy and Variation in Developmental Mechanisms: An Example from Comparative Embryology
J. A. Bolker

Heterochrony in Hydractiniid Hydroids: A Hypothesis
N. W. Blackstone

Adaptive Mechanisms that Accelerate Embryonic Development in Drosophila
T. L. Karr and J. E. Mittenthal

A Connectionist Model of the Drosophila Blastoderm
J. Reinitz, E. Mjolsness, and D. H. Sharp

Activity-Dependent Reorganization of Afferents in the Developing Mammalian Visual System
M. P. Stryker

A Model for the Development of the Spatial Structure of Retinotopic Maps and Orientation Columns
K. Obermayer, H. Ritter, and K. Schulten

Commentary

Physiology, Development, Evolution, and Their Evolution

Patterns of Constancy and Change

Introduction

Homoplasy: The Result of Natural Selection, or Evidence of Design Limitations?
D. B. Wake

Preadaptation and Principles of Organization in Organisms
D. G. Stork

Critical Allosteric Brain Enzyme Kinetics as Phenotypic Microevolutionary Process
A. J. Mandell and K. A. Selz

Generic Physical Mechanisms of Morphogenesis and Pattern Formation as Determinants in the Evolution of Multicellular Organization
S. A. Newman

Deletions and Mirror-Symmetries in Drosophila Segmentation Mutants Reveal Generic Properties of Epigenetic Mappings
B. Goodwin and S. Kauffman

Commentary

General Principles of Organization

Introduction

The Sciences of Complexity and `Origins of Order'
S. A. Kauffman

Patterns of Structure and Their Evolution in the Organization of Organisms: Modules, Matching, and Compaction
J. E. Mittenthal, A. B. Baskin, and R. E. Reinke

Reliability of Networks of Genes
B. Clarke and J. E. Mittenthal

Exploring the Role of Finiteness in the Emergence of Structure
A. B. Baskin, R. E. Reinke, and J. E. Mittenthal

Commentary

General Conclusions

Appendix

Dynamic Pattern Formation: A Primer
J. A. S. Kelso, M. Ding, and G. Schoner

Index