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Metazoa – Morphology and Evolution of Animals

Author : Achim Paululat
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9783662699034
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (99 download)

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Download or read book Metazoa – Morphology and Evolution of Animals written by Achim Paululat and published by Springer. This book was released on 2024-10-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the course of evolution, multicellular animals - Metazoa - have successfully colonized every conceivable habitat on our planet, thanks to their ability to survive and adapt under adverse or changing conditions. But how is an animal's body structured to accomplish this? What organs do animals have, how do they perceive their environment, and what is the evolutionary relationship between these seemingly so different organisms? This volume, designed as a modern practical book, presents the most important body plans of selected animals. It is intended to help all Biology students to recognize and understand the basic body shapes and structures in the respective animal groups, including the main features that have contributed to their evolutionary success, the similarities and differences, and the many different solutions that evolution has come up with for given biological problems. The authors have consistently used focused, compact text and photographs that not only show the animals' most important external features but also explain the dissection process step by step. The authors hope that this new book will help all Biology students successfully complete their practical zoology course and gain new insights into the morphology and evolution of animals.

Deep Metazoan Phylogeny: The Backbone of the Tree of Life

Author : J. Wolfgang Wägele
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110372967
Total Pages : 770 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (13 download)

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Book Synopsis Deep Metazoan Phylogeny: The Backbone of the Tree of Life by : J. Wolfgang Wägele

Download or read book Deep Metazoan Phylogeny: The Backbone of the Tree of Life written by J. Wolfgang Wägele and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2014-08-22 with total page 770 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 comprehensive overview available of the state of the art in this exciting field of evolutionary research.

Molecular Evolution: Towards the Origin of Metazoa

Author : Werner E.G. Müller
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3642722369
Total Pages : 191 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (427 download)

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Book Synopsis Molecular Evolution: Towards the Origin of Metazoa by : Werner E.G. Müller

Download or read book Molecular Evolution: Towards the Origin of Metazoa written by Werner E.G. Müller and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recently, new genes and their proteins that revealed striking new insights into the early evolution of multicellular animals have been identified and characterized from members of the lowest metazoan phylum, the porifera (sponges). The unexpected result was that the sequences obtained from sponge displayed high similarity to those found in higher metazoa; in consequence, it was concluded that during the transition from protozoa to metazoa the major structural and regulatory proteins evolved only once. The data gathered are now powerful arguments to establish monophyly of metazoa; in addition, new insights on the evolutionary diversification of metazoa were obtained.

The Development of Animal Form

Author : Alessandro Minelli
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139437801
Total Pages : 343 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (394 download)

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Download or read book The Development of Animal Form written by Alessandro Minelli and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2003-03-03 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contemporary research in the field of evolutionary developmental biology, or 'evo-devo', has to date been predominantly devoted to interpreting basic features of animal architecture in molecular genetics terms. Considerably less time has been spent on the exploitation of the wealth of facts and concepts available from traditional disciplines, such as comparative morphology, even though these traditional approaches can continue to offer a fresh insight into evolutionary developmental questions. The Development of Animal Form aims to integrate traditional morphological and contemporary molecular genetic approaches and to deal with post-embryonic development as well. This approach leads to unconventional views on the basic features of animal organization, such as body axes, symmetry, segments, body regions, appendages and related concepts. This book will be of particular interest to graduate students and researchers in evolutionary and developmental biology, as well as to those in related areas of cell biology, genetics and zoology.

Form and Function

Author : Edward Stuart Russell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 410 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book Form and Function written by Edward Stuart Russell and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Animal Evolution

Author : Claus Nielsen
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0191625302
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (916 download)

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Download or read book Animal Evolution written by Claus Nielsen and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2011-12-08 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Animal Evolution provides a comprehensive analysis of the evolutionary interrelationships and myriad diversity of the Animal Kingdom. It reviews the classical, morphological information from structure and embryology, as well as the new data gained from studies using immune stainings of nerves and muscles and blastomere markings which makes it possible to follow the fate of single blastomeres all the way to early organogenesis. Until recently, the information from analyses of gene sequences has tended to produce myriads of quite diverging trees. However, the latest generation of molecular methods, using many genes, expressed sequence tags, and even whole genomes, has brought a new stability to the field. For the first time this book brings together the information from these varied fields, and demonstrates that it is indeed now possible to build a phylogenetic tree from a combination of both morphology and gene sequences. This thoroughly revised third edition of Animal Evolution brings the subject fully up to date, especially in light of the latest advances in molecular techniques. The book is generously illustrated throughout with finely detailed line drawings and clear diagrams, many of them new.

The Choanoflagellates

Author : Barry S. C. Leadbeater
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521884446
Total Pages : 331 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (218 download)

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Book Synopsis The Choanoflagellates by : Barry S. C. Leadbeater

Download or read book The Choanoflagellates written by Barry S. C. Leadbeater and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2015-01-08 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A unique account of the biology, ecology and evolution of choanoflagellates - the closest, known, living, unicellular relatives of animals.

The Lower Metazoa

Author : Ellsworth Charles Dougherty
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781258281946
Total Pages : 490 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (819 download)

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Download or read book The Lower Metazoa written by Ellsworth Charles Dougherty and published by . This book was released on 2012-04-01 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Additional Contributor Is Willard D. Hartman.

Animal Evolution

Author : Claus Nielsen
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
ISBN 13 : 0199606021
Total Pages : 421 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (996 download)

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Download or read book Animal Evolution written by Claus Nielsen and published by Oxford University Press on Demand. This book was released on 2012 with total page 421 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using modern phylogenetic reasoning based on an extensive review of morphology, including ultrastructure, and embryology, each phylum is analysed to ascertain its monophyly and hence its ancestral characters.

Constructional Morphology and Evolution

Author : Norbert Schmidt-Kittler
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3642761569
Total Pages : 401 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (427 download)

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Book Synopsis Constructional Morphology and Evolution by : Norbert Schmidt-Kittler

Download or read book Constructional Morphology and Evolution written by Norbert Schmidt-Kittler and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Constructional morphology explains features of organisms from a constructional and functional point of view. By means of physical analysis it explains the operational aspects of organic structures - how they can perform the activities organisms are expected to fulfil in order to survive in their environment. Constructional morphology also explains options and constraints during the evolution determined by internal constructional needs, ontogenetic demands, inherited organizational preconditions and environmental clues.

Key Transitions in Animal Evolution

Author : Rob Desalle
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1439854025
Total Pages : 439 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (398 download)

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Book Synopsis Key Transitions in Animal Evolution by : Rob Desalle

Download or read book Key Transitions in Animal Evolution written by Rob Desalle and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2010-12-07 with total page 439 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tackling one of the most difficult and delicate of the evolutionary questions, this challenging book summarizes the more recent results in phylogenetics and developmental biology that address the evolution of key innovations in metazoans. Divided into three sections, the first considers the phylogenetic issues involving this area of the tree of lif

Encyclopedia of Geobiology

Author : Joachim Reitner
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9781402092138
Total Pages : 927 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (921 download)

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Download or read book Encyclopedia of Geobiology written by Joachim Reitner and published by Springer. This book was released on 2011-03-10 with total page 927 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The interplay between Geology and Biology has shaped the Earth from the early Precambrian, 4 billion years ago. Moving beyond the borders of the classical core disciplines, Geobiology strives to identify chains of cause-and-effect and synergisms between the geo- and the biospheres that have been driving the evolution of life in modern and ancient environments. Combining modern methods, geobiological information can be extracted not only from visible remains of organisms, but also from organic molecules, rock fabrics, minerals, isotopes and other tracers. An understanding of these processes and their signatures reveals enormous applied potentials with respect to issues of environment protection, public health, energy and resource management. The Encyclopedia of Geobiology has been designed to act as a key reference for students, researchers, teachers, and the informed public and to provide basic, but comprehensible knowledge on this rapidly expanding discipline that sits at the interface between modern geo- and biosciences.

Animal Evolution

Author : NATURAL SCIENCES and MATHEMATICS (500)
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191568244
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (915 download)

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Book Synopsis Animal Evolution by : NATURAL SCIENCES and MATHEMATICS (500)

Download or read book Animal Evolution written by NATURAL SCIENCES and MATHEMATICS (500) and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2009-08-13 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Animal life, now and over the past half billion years, is incredibly diverse. Describing and understanding the evolution of this diversity of body plans - from vertebrates such as humans and fish to the numerous invertebrate groups including sponges, insects, molluscs, and the many groups of worms - is a major goal of evolutionary biology. In this book, a group of leading researchers adopt a modern, integrated approach to describe how current molecular genetic techniques and disciplines as diverse as palaeontology, embryology, and genomics have been combined, resulting in a dramatic renaissance in the study of animal evolution. The last decade has seen growing interest in evolutionary biology fuelled by a wealth of data from molecular biology. Modern phylogenies integrating evidence from molecules, embryological data, and morphology of living and fossil taxa provide a wide consensus of the major branching patterns of the tree of life; moreover, the links between phenotype and genotype are increasingly well understood. This has resulted in a reliable tree of relationships that has been widely accepted and has spawned numerous new and exciting questions that require a reassessment of the origins and radiation of animal life. The focus of this volume is at the level of major animal groups, the morphological innovations that define them, and the mechanisms of change to their embryology that have resulted in their evolution. Current research themes and future prospects are highlighted including phylogeny reconstruction, comparative developmental biology, the value of different sources of data and the importance of fossils, homology assessment, character evolution, phylogeny of major groups of animals, and genome evolution. These topics are integrated in the light of a 'new animal phylogeny', to provide fresh insights into the patterns and processes of animal evolution. Animal Evolution provides a timely and comprehensive statement of progress in the field for academic researchers requiring an authoritative, balanced and up-to-date overview of the topic. It is also intended for both upper level undergraduate and graduate students taking courses in animal evolution, molecular phylogenetics, evo-devo, comparative genomics and associated disciplines.

Origin and Evolution of Metazoan Cell Types

Author : Sally Leys
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1315388200
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (153 download)

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Download or read book Origin and Evolution of Metazoan Cell Types written by Sally Leys and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2021-05-23 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The evolution of animal diversity is strongly affected by the origin of novel cell and tissue types and their interactions with each other. Understanding the evolution of cell types will shed light on the evolution of novel structures, and in turn highlight how animals diversified. Several cell types may also have been lost as animals simplified – for example did sponges have nerves and lose them? This book reveals the interplay between gains and losses and provides readers with a better grasp of the evolutionary history of cell types. In addition, the book illustrates how new cell types allow a better understanding permitting the discrimination between convergence and homology.

Metazoa

Author : Peter Godfrey-Smith
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN 13 : 0374720185
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (747 download)

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Book Synopsis Metazoa by : Peter Godfrey-Smith

Download or read book Metazoa written by Peter Godfrey-Smith and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2020-11-10 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Enthralling . . . breathtaking . . . Metazoa brings an extraordinary and astute look at our own mind’s essential link to the animal world." —The New York Times Book Review (Editors' Choice) "A great book . . . [Godfrey-Smith is] brilliant at describing just what he sees, the patterns of behaviour of the animals he observes." —Nigel Warburton, Five Books The scuba-diving philosopher who wrote Other Minds explores the origins of animal consciousness Dip below the ocean’s surface and you are soon confronted by forms of life that could not seem more foreign to our own: sea sponges, soft corals, and serpulid worms, whose rooted bodies, intricate geometry, and flower-like appendages are more reminiscent of plant life or even architecture than anything recognizably animal. Yet these creatures are our cousins. As fellow members of the animal kingdom—the Metazoa—they can teach us much about the evolutionary origins of not only our bodies, but also our minds. In his acclaimed 2016 book, Other Minds, the philosopher and scuba diver Peter Godfrey-Smith explored the mind of the octopus—the closest thing to an intelligent alien on Earth. In Metazoa, Godfrey-Smith expands his inquiry to animals at large, investigating the evolution of subjective experience with the assistance of far-flung species. As he delves into what it feels like to perceive and interact with the world as other life-forms do, Godfrey-Smith shows that the appearance of the animal body well over half a billion years ago was a profound innovation that set life upon a new path. In accessible, riveting prose, he charts the ways that subsequent evolutionary developments—eyes that track, for example, and bodies that move through and manipulate the environment—shaped the subjective lives of animals. Following the evolutionary paths of a glass sponge, soft coral, banded shrimp, octopus, and fish, then moving onto land and the world of insects, birds, and primates like ourselves, Metazoa gathers their stories together in a way that bridges the gap between mind and matter, addressing one of the most vexing philosophical problems: that of consciousness. Combining vivid animal encounters with philosophical reflections and the latest news from biology, Metazoa reveals that even in our high-tech, AI-driven times, there is no understanding our minds without understanding nerves, muscles, and active bodies. The story that results is as rich and vibrant as life itself.

Comparative Molecular Neurobiology

Author : Y. Pichon
Publisher : Birkhäuser
ISBN 13 : 3034872658
Total Pages : 445 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (348 download)

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Download or read book Comparative Molecular Neurobiology written by Y. Pichon and published by Birkhäuser. This book was released on 2013-03-08 with total page 445 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is generally accepted that all living organisms present on earth derive from one single primordial cell born several billion years ago. One important step in the evolution occurred some 1. 5 billion years ago with the transition from small procaryote cells with relatively simple internal structures such as bacteria to larger and more compleX: eucaryotic cells such as those found in higher animals and plants. Large membrane proteins which enable the cells to communicate appeared early in evolution, and it is believed that the nerve membrane receptors and ionic channels which are observed today in both invertebrate and vertebrate species derive from a common ancestor. Basically, the three identified superfamilies, 1) ionotropic receptors (i. e. receptors containing an integral ionic channel), 2) metabotropic receptors (receptors coupled to G proteins) and 3) voltage-dependent ionic channels (Na+, K + and Ca2+ channels) were already well differentiated when vertebrates separated from invertebrate species. The large number of subtypes which are observed in each superfamily may be of more recent evolutionary origin. To understand how this happened, the best approach was to compare the sequences and the properties of the receptors and ionic channels in species sufficiently distant in the evolutionary tree. In the present volume, many of the best specialists in the field of comparative molecular neurobiology, several of them working on vertebrate and invertebrate species, have accepted to report their most recent findings.

Respiratory Biology of Animals

Author : Steven F. Perry
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0199238464
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (992 download)

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Download or read book Respiratory Biology of Animals written by Steven F. Perry and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2019 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Oxygen uptake for metabolic energy demand and the elimination of the resulting carbon dioxide is one of the essential processes in all higher life forms; in the case of animals, everything from protozoans to insects and vertebrates including humans.� Respiratory Biology of Animals provides a contemporary and truly integrative approach to the topic, adopting a strong evolutionary theme. It covers aerobic metabolism at all levels, from gas exchange organs such as skin, gills, and lungs to mitochondria - the site of cellular respiration. The book also describes the functional morphology and physiology of the circulatory system, which often contains gas-carrying pigments and is important for pH regulation in the organism. A final section describes the evolution of animal respiratory systems. Throughout the book, examples are selected from the entire breadth of the animal kingdom, identifying common themes that transcend taxonomy. Respiratory Biology of Animals is an accessible supplementary text suitable for both senior undergraduate and graduate students taking courses in respiratory biology, comparative animal physiology, and environmental physiology. It is also of relevance and use to the many professional academics requiring a concise but authoritative overview of the topic.