Screen LibraryDeep metazoan phylogeny: the backbone of the tree of life : new insights from analyses of molecules, morphology, and theory of data analysis /
The growing success of molecular methods has challenged traditional views of animal evolution and a large number of alternative hypotheses are hotly debated today. For the deep metazoan phylogeny project, data sets of hitherto unmatched quality and quantity were compiled and analysed with innovative...
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De Gruyter,
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| Publisher Address: | Berlin : |
| Publication Dates: | [2014] |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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The growing success of molecular methods has challenged traditional views of animal evolution and a large number of alternative hypotheses are hotly debated today. For the deep metazoan phylogeny project, data sets of hitherto unmatched quality and quantity were compiled and analysed with innovative bioinformatics tools. The book begins at the base of the tree of life to discuss the origin of animals and early branches of the phylogenetic tree. The following section presents special data sets gained from mitochondrial genomes and from morphology, with a focus on nervous systems. The final section is dedicated to theoretical aspects of data analysis and new bioinformatics tools. The book closes with a unique general discussion of all hypotheses contained in previous chapters.This work provides the most comprehensiveoverview available of the state of the art in this exciting field of evolutionary research. |
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1 online resource(xxv,736pages) : illustrations Also available in print edition. |
| Bibliography: | 130 (4c) |
| ISBN: | 9783110277524（electronic bk.） |
| Index Number: | QH367 |
| CLC: | Q959.110.1 |
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Frontmatter -- List of Contributing Authors -- Content -- 1 Introduction / 2 Progress and perspectives of the deep nonbilaterian phylogeny, with focus on sponges (Phylum Porifera) / 3 Phylogenetics and phylogenomics at the root of the Metazoa / 4 The Chaetognatha : An anarchistic taxon between Protostomia and Deuterostomia / 5 Brain complexity in protostomes / 6 Brains in Gastrotricha and Cycloneuralia a comparison / 7 Phylogeny of platyzoan taxa based on molecular data / 8 Lophophorata monophyletic after all / 9 Phylogeny and evolution of Annelida based on molecular data / 10 From morphology to phylogenomics: Placing the enigmatic Myzostomida in the tree of life / 11 Coeloms and nephridia in annelids and arthropods / 12 Arthropod phylogeny and the origin of Tracheata (= Atelocerata) from Remipedia like ancestors / 13 Phylogen |