The Origins of Larvae
Many biological facts are irreconcilable with the assumption that larvae and adults evolved from the same genetic stock. The author of this book draws attention to these, and presents his alternative hypothesis that larvae have been transferred from one taxon to another. In his previous book (Larvae...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
2003, 2003
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. 2003 |
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction
- I. Overview
- 2. Larvae
- 3. The Issues in Context
- II. Examples
- 4. Blastulas, Gastrulas and the First Animals
- 5. Coelenterate Animals
- 6. Trochophorate Animals: Polychaetes, Echiurans, Sipunculans, Molluscs
- 7. Near-Trochophorate Animals: Flatworms, Nemerteans, Bryozoans, Lophophorates
- 8. Echinoderms: Adults and Larvae
- 9. Echinoderms and Hemichordates
- 10. Echinoderms: Metamorphosis
- 11. Echinoderms: Sea-Urchins and Brittle-Stars
- 12. Echinoderms: Fossil Record
- 13. Urochordates
- 14. Arthropods
- III. Solutions
- 15. Hybrids
- IV. Conclusions
- 16. Toward a New Zoology