1. Preface: From evolutionary morphology to the modern synthesis and “evo-devo”: Historical and contemporary perspectives

   • Lennart Olsson
   • Uwe Hoßfeld
   • Olaf Breidbach

   Special Papers: From Evolutionary Morphology to the Modern Synthesis and “Evo-Devo” Pages: 259 - 263

2. The conceptual framework of evolutionary morphology in the studies of Ernst Haeckel and Fritz Müller

   • Olaf Breidbach

   Special Papers: From Evolutionary Morphology to the Modern Synthesis and “Evo-Devo” Pages: 265 - 280

3. The history of essentialism vs. Ernst Mayr's “Essentialism Story”: A case study of German idealistic morphology

   • Georgy S. Levit
   • Kay Meister

   Special Papers: From Evolutionary Morphology to the Modern Synthesis and “Evo-Devo” Pages: 281 - 307

4. The failure of morphology to contribute to the modern synthesis

   • Michael T. Ghiselin

   Special Papers: From Evolutionary Morphology to the Modern Synthesis and “Evo-Devo” Pages: 309 - 316

5. Evolutionary morphology and Evo-devo: Hierarchy and novelty

   • Alan C. Love

   Special Papers: From Evolutionary Morphology to the Modern Synthesis and “Evo-Devo” Pages: 317 - 333

6. Adolf Remane (1898–1976) and his views on systematics, homology and the Modern Synthesis

   • Frank E. Zachos
   • Uwe Hoßfeld

   Special Papers: From Evolutionary Morphology to the Modern Synthesis and “Evo-Devo” Pages: 335 - 348

7. The proper place of hopeful monsters in evolutionary biology

   • Günter Theißen

   Special Papers: From Evolutionary Morphology to the Modern Synthesis and “Evo-Devo” Pages: 349 - 369

8. Hox genes, homology and axis formation—The application of morphological concepts to evolutionary developmental biology

   • Claudia Hübner

   Special Papers: From Evolutionary Morphology to the Modern Synthesis and “Evo-Devo” Pages: 371 - 396

9. Johannes Reinke (1839–1931) and his “Dominaten” theory— An early concept of gene regulation and morphogenesis

   • Volker Wissemann

   Short Communication Pages: 397 - 400

10. The Big Bang, Superstring Theory and the origin of life on the Earth

    • J. T. Trevors

    Regular Papers Pages: 403 - 412

11. On modelling the immune system as a complex system

    • E. Ahmed
    • A. H. Hashish

    Regular Papers Pages: 413 - 418