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Arthropod Relationships (The Systematics Association Special Volume Series)
Richard A. Fortey (Ed.)
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Description for Arthropod Relationships (The Systematics Association Special Volume Series)
Hardcover.
The arthropods contain more species than any other animal group, but the evolutionary pathways which led to their current diversity are still an issue of controversy. Arthropod Relationships provides an overview of our current understanding, responding to the new data arising from sequencing DNA, the discovery of new Cambrian fossils as direct evidence of early arthropod history, and developmental genetics. These new areas of research have stimulated a reconsideration of classical morphology and embryology. Arthropod Relationships is the first synthesis of the current debate to emerge: not since the volume edited ... Read more
The arthropods contain more species than any other animal group, but the evolutionary pathways which led to their current diversity are still an issue of controversy. Arthropod Relationships provides an overview of our current understanding, responding to the new data arising from sequencing DNA, the discovery of new Cambrian fossils as direct evidence of early arthropod history, and developmental genetics. These new areas of research have stimulated a reconsideration of classical morphology and embryology. Arthropod Relationships is the first synthesis of the current debate to emerge: not since the volume edited ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Springer
Condition
New
Number of Pages
383
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780412754203
SKU
V9780412754203
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Reviews for Arthropod Relationships (The Systematics Association Special Volume Series)
`... it may mark a historical transition. For practitioners in the field this will be an important book and should find its way onto their bookshelves ...' Nature, 397 (1999) `... their splendid Arthropod Relationships ... It is a milestone that will certainly be appreciated by students as well as ... Read more