EAN: 9783709118672

EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY OF INVERTEBR...

This multi-author  six-volume work summarizes our current knowledge on the developmental
biology of all major invertebrate animal phyla. The main aspects of cleavage  embryogenesis 
organogenesis and gene expression are discussed in an evolutionary framework. Each chapter
presents an in-depth yet concise overview of both classical and recent literature  supplemented
by numerous color illustrations and micrographs of a given animal group. The largely
taxon-based chapters are supplemented by essays on topical aspects relevant to modern-day
EvoDevo research such as regeneration  embryos in the fossil record  homology in the age of
genomics and the role of EvoDevo in the context of reconstructing evolutionary and phylogenetic
scenarios. A list of open questions at the end of each chapter may serve as a source of
inspiration for the next generation of EvoDevo scientists. Evolutionary Developmental Biology
of Invertebrates is a must-have for any scientist  teacher or student interested in
developmental and evolutionary biology as well as in general invertebrate zoology. This third
volume on ecdysozoans is dedicated to the Hexapoda. Despite being the most species-rich animal
clade by far  comparatively little developmental data is available for the majority of hexapods
in stark contrast to one of the best-investigated species on Earth  the fruit fly Drosophila
melanogaster. Accordingly  an entire chapter is dedicated to this well-known and important
model species  while the two remaining chapters summarize our current knowledge on early and
late development in other hexapods.

Aktuelle Preise zur EAN 9783709118672

Produktinformationen zur 9783709118672