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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.

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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.

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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 by Gupta was published in 1979 has the arthropod phylogeny debate been, considered in this depth and breadth.
Leaders in the various branches of arthropod biology have contributed to this volume. Chapters focus progressively from the general issues to the specific problems involving particular groups, and thence to a consideration of embryology and genetics. This wide range of disciplines is drawn on to approach an understanding of arthropod relationships, and to provide the most timely account of arthropod phylogeny.
This book should be read by evolutionary biologists, palaeontologists, developmental geneticists and invertebrate zoologists. It will have a special interest for post-graduate students working in these fields.

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“'... 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 specialists in the field. The book represents a clear and up-to-date review of arthropod phylogeny and handless some general phylogenetic aspects.' TREE - Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 13:12 (1998)”

</strong>... 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 ...<strong>'</strong> <br /> <strong>Nature, 397 (1999)</strong> <br /> <strong>... their splendid Arthropod Relationships ... It is a milestone that will certainly be appreciated by students as well as specialists in the field. The book represents a clear and up-to-date review of arthropod phylogeny and handless some general phylogenetic aspects.'
TREE - Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 13:12 (1998)

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About the Author

Richard Fortey ist Leitender Pal??ontologe am Natural History Museum in London und Mitglied der Royal Society. Er hat bereits mehrere erfolgreiche Wissenschaftssachb??cher ver??ffentlicht, darunter das von der Kritik hochgelobte und f??r den Rh??ne-Poulenc-Preis nominierte Buch Leben. Eine Biographie sowie Trilobiten! Fossilien erz??hlen die Geschichte der Erde. Im Jahre 2003 verlieh ihm die Rockefeller Foundation den Lewis-Thomas-Preis f??r Wissenschaftsliteratur. >>Beim Schreiben versuche ich immer zu zeigen, wie die dem Menschen vertrauten Dinge ins gro??e Bild passen. Das Problem mit den m

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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 by Gupta was published in 1979 has the arthropod phylogeny debate been, considered in this depth and breadth. Leaders in the various branches of arthropod biology have contributed to this volume. Chapters focus progressively from the general issues to the specific problems involving particular groups, and thence to a consideration of embryology and genetics. This wide range of disciplines is drawn on to approach an understanding of arthropod relationships, and to provide the most timely account of arthropod phylogeny. This book should be read by evolutionary biologists, palaeontologists, developmental geneticists and invertebrate zoologists. It will have a special interest for post-graduate students working in these fields.

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Product Details

Publisher
Chapman and Hall
Published
31st December 1997
Edition
1998th
Pages
383
ISBN
9780412754203

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