| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 319 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Ch. 1. The process of evolution : natural selection -- Ch. 2. The pattern of evolution : methods of investigation -- Ch. 3. Porifera -- Ch. 4. Cnidaria -- Ch. 5. On being a worm -- Ch. 6. Platyhelminthes and acoelomorpha -- Ch. 7. Nemertea -- Ch. 8. Nematoda -- Ch. 9. Annelida -- Ch. 10. Mollusca : general and gastropoda -- Ch. 11. Mollusca : bivalvia and cephalopoda -- Ch. 12. Arthropoda : general -- Ch. 13. Crustacea -- Ch. 14. Chelicerata and myriapoda -- Ch. 15. Insecta -- Ch. 16. Animals with lophophores -- Ch. 17. Echinodermata -- Ch. 18. Invertebrate chordata and hemichordata -- Ch. 19. Development -- Ch. 20. Invertebrate evolutionary history |
| Summary |
This second edition provides a short updated guide to the invertebrate phyla, looking at their diverse forms, functions and evolutionary relationships. It introduces evolution and modern methods of tracing it, then considers the distinctive body plan of each invertebrate phylum showing what has evolved |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Invertebrates.
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Invertebrates -- Evolution
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Invertebrates
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Zoology -- Invertebrates.
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Invertebrates
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Invertebrates -- Evolution
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Wirbellose
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| Genre/Form |
dissertations.
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Academic theses
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Academic theses.
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Thèses et écrits académiques.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Overhill, Raith.
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| ISBN |
9780511648649 |
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0511648642 |
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0511247796 |
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9780511247798 |
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9780511248870 |
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0511248873 |
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9780511754760 |
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0511754760 |
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9780511249426 |
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051124942X |
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