Animal Evolution

Description

"Animal Evolution is a complete analysis of the evolutionary interrelationships and myriad diversity of the animal kingdom. Using modern phylogenetic reasoning based on characters from an extensive review of morphology, including ultrastructure, and embryology, each phylum is analysed to ascertain its monophyly and hence its ancestral characters. These ancestral characters are then used to construct a complete phylogenetic tree of the extant animal phyla. This new edition of Animal Evolution brings the subject fully up to date including some new ideas and emphases, as well as new bibliographic data."--BOOK JACKET.

First Sentence

Modern understanding of biological diversity goes back to Darwin (1859), who created a revolution in biological thought by regarding the origin of species as the result of 'descent with modification'.

Subjects

Other Editions

• Animal Evolution: Interrelationships of the Living PhylaOxford University Press, USA2001-04-23
• Animal evolutionOxford University Press1995-01-01
• Animal EvolutionOxford University Press, USA2001-04-23
• Animal EvolutionOxford University Press2011-01-01
• Animal EvolutionOxford University Press2012-01-01
• Animal EvolutionHardcoverOxford University Press2012-02-20