Evolutionary developmental biology of invertebrates. 5, Ecdysozoa III, Hexapoda /

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Imprint:Wien : Springer, 2015.
Description:1 online resource (vii, 219 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Language:English
Series:Online access with purchase: Springer (t)
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11095789
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Varying Form of Title:Ecdysozoa III, Hexapoda
Hexapoda
Other authors / contributors:Wanninger, Andreas, 1970- editor.
ISBN:9783709118689
3709118689
3709118670
9783709118672
9783709118672
Digital file characteristics:text file PDF
Notes:Includes index.
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed August 18, 2015).
Summary: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.
Other form:Printed edition: 9783709118672
Standard no.:10.1007/978-3-7091-1868-9