Arthropod biology and evolution : molecules, development, morphology /
More than two thirds of all living organisms described to date belong to the phylum Arthropoda. But their diversity, as measured in terms of species number, is also accompanied by an amazing disparity in terms of body form, developmental processes, and adaptations to every inhabitable place on Earth...
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Springer,
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Publisher Address: | Berlin ; New York : |
Publication Dates: | 2013. |
Literature type: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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Online Access: |
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-36160-9 |
Summary: |
More than two thirds of all living organisms described to date belong to the phylum Arthropoda. But their diversity, as measured in terms of species number, is also accompanied by an amazing disparity in terms of body form, developmental processes, and adaptations to every inhabitable place on Earth, from the deepest marine abysses to the earth surface and the air. The Arthropoda also include one of the most fashionable and extensively studied of all model organisms, the fruit-fly, whose name is not only linked forever to Mendelian and population genetics, but has more recently come back to ce |
Item Description: | Includes index. |
Carrier Form: | 1 online resource |
ISBN: |
9783642361609 (electronic bk.) 3642361609 (electronic bk.) |
Index Number: | QL434 |
CLC: | Q959.220.3 |
Contents: |
An Introduction to the Biology and Evolution of Arthropods / The Arthropoda: A Phylogenetic Framework / An Overview of Arthropod Genomics, Mitogenomics, and the Evolutionary Origins of the Arthropod Proteome / Arthropod Embryology: Cleavage and Germ Band Development / Arthropod Post-embryonic Development / Arthropod Developmental Endocrinology / Arthropod Regeneration / The Arthropod Cuticle / Arthropod Segmentation and Tagmosis / The Arthropod Head / Arthropod Limbs and their Development / Insect Wings: The Evolutionary Development of Nature's First Flyers / Architectural Principles and Evolution of the Arthropod Central Nervous System / The Arthropod Circulatory System / The Arthropod Fossil Record / Water-to-Land Transitions / Arthropod Endosymbiosis and Evolution / The Evolvability of Arthropods / |