Organismic Animal Biology
An Evolutionary Approach
(Sprache: Englisch)
This accessible textbook provides a basic understanding of the general evolutionary principles of organismic animal biology and animal diversity. It integrates parallel themes of body organization and phylogeny to provide an evolutionary journey through the diversity of animal life.
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This accessible textbook provides a basic understanding of the general evolutionary principles of organismic animal biology and animal diversity. It integrates parallel themes of body organization and phylogeny to provide an evolutionary journey through the diversity of animal life. Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „Organismic Animal Biology “
- Preface
- 1: The Hierarchical Nature of Biology
- 2: Species Concepts and Speciation
- 3: What Is an Organism? The Simplest Organisms
- 4: The Concept of Evolutionary Change
- 5: Multicellularity
- 6: Sponges: The Simplest Multicellular Organisms
- 7: Germ Layers: Inside and Outside
- 8: Motility and Symmetry
- 9: Diploblastic Organisms: Cnidaria and Ctenophora
- 10: Colonial Organisms and Complex Life Cycles
- 11: Bilateria
- 12: Sensory Systems
- 13: Platyhelminthes
- 14: Parasitism
- 15: Mollusca
- 16: Coeloms and Skeletons
- 17: Annelida
- 18: Segmental Organization of the Body
- 19: Size and Complexity
- 20: Molting Animals
- 21: Arthropoda I: General Introduction and Chelicerata
- 22: Terrestrialization
- 23: Arthropoda II: Mandibulata
- 24: Transport and Gas Exchange Systems
- 25: Embryogenesis
- 26: Echinodermata
- 27: Chordata and Hemichordata
- 28: Excretory Systems
- 29: Vertebrate Characteristics
- 30: Vertebrate Diversity
- 31: Vertebrate Organogenesis
- 32: Organismic Biology in the Twenty-First Century
Autoren-Porträt von Ariel D. Chipman
Ariel D. Chipman is an evolutionary developmental biologist at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He is currently Professor and Chair of the Department of Ecology, Evolution & Behavior, and the academic curator of invertebrates at the National Natural History Collections. His research focuses on the evolution of the arthropod body plan. He is the author of over 40 peer reviewed articles and book chapters and is the editor of Cellular Processes in Segmentation (CRC Press, 2020). His teaching experience includes a first year undergraduate course on organismic biology, which he has been teaching for over 15 years, as well as advanced courses in evo-devo, animal evolution, and systematics.Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Ariel D. Chipman
- 2024, xxx, 205 Seiten, 125 farbige Abbildungen, Maße: 18,8 x 24,7 cm, Taschenbuch, Englisch
- Verlag: Oxford University Press
- ISBN-10: 0192893599
- ISBN-13: 9780192893598
- Erscheinungsdatum: 12.03.2024
Sprache:
Englisch
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