Perspectives In Animal Phylogeny And Evolution
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Author |
: Alessandro Minelli |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press |
Total Pages |
: 360 |
Release |
: 2009 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780198566205 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0198566204 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (05 Downloads) |
Synopsis Perspectives in Animal Phylogeny and Evolution by : Alessandro Minelli
Animal phylogeny is undergoing a major revolution due to the availability of an ever increasing amount of molecular data, the application of novel methods of phylogenetic reconstruction, and advances in palaeontology and molecular developmental biology.This book revises the major events in animal evolution in the light of these recent advances.
Author |
: Claus Nielsen |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press on Demand |
Total Pages |
: 421 |
Release |
: 2012 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780199606023 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0199606021 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (23 Downloads) |
Synopsis Animal Evolution by : Claus Nielsen
Using modern phylogenetic reasoning based on an extensive review of morphology, including ultrastructure, and embryology, each phylum is analysed to ascertain its monophyly and hence its ancestral characters.
Author |
: Patrick McNamara |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 289 |
Release |
: 2010 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780521894975 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0521894972 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (75 Downloads) |
Synopsis Evolution of Sleep by : Patrick McNamara
This book is aimed at researchers and graduate students in neuroscience, evolutionary biology, and biological anthropology and to biomedical researchers studying sleep medicine.
Author |
: Winston Ponder |
Publisher |
: Univ of California Press |
Total Pages |
: 496 |
Release |
: 2008-03-25 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0520250923 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780520250925 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (23 Downloads) |
Synopsis Phylogeny and Evolution of the Mollusca by : Winston Ponder
"Ponder and Lindberg provides a breathtaking overview of the evolutionary history of the Mollusca, effectively melding information from anatomy, ecology, genomics, and paleobiology to explore the depths of molluscan phylogeny. Its outstanding success is due to thoughtful planning, focused complementary contributions from 36 expert authors, and careful editing. This volume is a must for malacologists."—Bruce Runnegar, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles "Our understanding of the phylogeny and evolutionary history of the mollusca has been revolutionized over the past two decades through new molecular data and analysis, and reinvestigation of morphological characters. In this volume Ponder, Lindberg, and their colleagues do a wonderful job of integrating this work to provide new perspectives on the relationships of the major molluscan clades, their evolutionary dynamics, and their history. Particularly timely is the coverage of molluscan evo-devo and genomics."—Douglas H. Erwin, Curator of Paleozoic Invertebrates, National Museum of Natural History
Author |
: Gordon M. Burghardt |
Publisher |
: MIT Press |
Total Pages |
: 532 |
Release |
: 2005 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780262025430 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0262025434 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (30 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Genesis of Animal Play by : Gordon M. Burghardt
A scientist examines the origins and evolutionary significance of play in humans and animals.
Author |
: NATURAL SCIENCES and MATHEMATICS (500) |
Publisher |
: OUP Oxford |
Total Pages |
: 441 |
Release |
: 2009-08-13 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780191579134 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0191579130 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (34 Downloads) |
Synopsis Animal Evolution by : NATURAL SCIENCES and MATHEMATICS (500)
Animal life, now and over the past half billion years, is incredibly diverse. Describing and understanding the evolution of this diversity of body plans - from vertebrates such as humans and fish to the numerous invertebrate groups including sponges, insects, molluscs, and the many groups of worms - is a major goal of evolutionary biology. In this book, a group of leading researchers adopt a modern, integrated approach to describe how current molecular genetic techniques and disciplines as diverse as palaeontology, embryology, and genomics have been combined, resulting in a dramatic renaissance in the study of animal evolution. The last decade has seen growing interest in evolutionary biology fuelled by a wealth of data from molecular biology. Modern phylogenies integrating evidence from molecules, embryological data, and morphology of living and fossil taxa provide a wide consensus of the major branching patterns of the tree of life; moreover, the links between phenotype and genotype are increasingly well understood. This has resulted in a reliable tree of relationships that has been widely accepted and has spawned numerous new and exciting questions that require a reassessment of the origins and radiation of animal life. The focus of this volume is at the level of major animal groups, the morphological innovations that define them, and the mechanisms of change to their embryology that have resulted in their evolution. Current research themes and future prospects are highlighted including phylogeny reconstruction, comparative developmental biology, the value of different sources of data and the importance of fossils, homology assessment, character evolution, phylogeny of major groups of animals, and genome evolution. These topics are integrated in the light of a 'new animal phylogeny', to provide fresh insights into the patterns and processes of animal evolution. Animal Evolution provides a timely and comprehensive statement of progress in the field for academic researchers requiring an authoritative, balanced and up-to-date overview of the topic. It is also intended for both upper level undergraduate and graduate students taking courses in animal evolution, molecular phylogenetics, evo-devo, comparative genomics and associated disciplines.
Author |
: D. T. Anderson |
Publisher |
: Elsevier |
Total Pages |
: 510 |
Release |
: 2013-10-22 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781483187020 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1483187020 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (20 Downloads) |
Synopsis Embryology and Phylogeny in Annelids and Arthropods by : D. T. Anderson
Embryology and Phylogeny in Annelids and Arthropods describes the embryology of segmented invertebrates, utilizing morphological facts of embryonic development in the furtherance of speculations on phylogenetic relationships. This book begins with an introduction to embryology and phylogeny, followed by a discussion on the experimental embryology of animals groups, such as polychaetes, oligochaetes and leeches, onychophorans, myriapods, apterygote and pterygote insects, crustaceans, and chelicerates. The cleavage, gastrulation, and basic pattern of development of these invertebrates are also provided. This text concludes with a presentation of the onychophoran-myriapod-hexapod assemblage or Uniramia. This publication is recommended for experimental embryologists researching on the embryonic development in annelids and arthropods.
Author |
: Marc D. Hauser |
Publisher |
: MIT Press |
Total Pages |
: 726 |
Release |
: 1999 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0262582236 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780262582230 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (36 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Design of Animal Communication by : Marc D. Hauser
Based on the approach laid out in the 1950s by Nobel laureate Nikolaas Tinbergen, this book looks at animal communication from the four perspectives of mechanisms, ontogeny, function, and phylogeny.
Author |
: Rui Diogo |
Publisher |
: Springer |
Total Pages |
: 260 |
Release |
: 2017-03-08 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9783319475813 |
ISBN-13 |
: 3319475819 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (13 Downloads) |
Synopsis Evolution Driven by Organismal Behavior by : Rui Diogo
This book proposes a new way to think about evolution. The author carefully brings together evidence from diverse fields of science. In the process, he bridges the gaps between many different--and usually seen as conflicting--ideas to present one integrative theory named ONCE, which stands for Organic Nonoptimal Constrained Evolution. The author argues that evolution is mainly driven by the behavioral choices and persistence of organisms themselves, in a process in which Darwinian natural selection is mainly a secondary--but still crucial--evolutionary player. Within ONCE, evolution is therefore generally made of mistakes and mismatches and trial-and-error situations, and is not a process where organisms engage in an incessant, suffocating struggle in which they can't thrive if they are not optimally adapted to their habitats and the external environment. Therefore, this unifying view incorporates a more comprehensive view of the diversity and complexity of life by stressing that organisms are not merely passive evolutionary players under the rule of external factors. This insightful and well-reasoned argument is based on numerous fascinating case studies from a wide range of organisms, including bacteria, plants, insects and diverse examples from the evolution of our own species. The book has an appeal to researchers, students, teachers, and those with an interest in the history and philosophy of science, as well as to the broader public, as it brings life back into biology by emphasizing that organisms, including humans, are the key active players in evolution and thus in the future of life on this wonderful planet.
Author |
: Barry S. C. Leadbeater |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 331 |
Release |
: 2015-01-08 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780521884440 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0521884446 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (40 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Choanoflagellates by : Barry S. C. Leadbeater
A unique account of the biology, ecology and evolution of choanoflagellates - the closest, known, living, unicellular relatives of animals.