The animal kingdom : a very short introduction / Peter Holland.
Series: Very short introductions ; 293.Publication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.Description: xiv, 126 p. : ill. ; 18 cmISBN:- 9780199593217
- 0199593213
- 590 22
- QL49 .H685 2011
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 119-120) and index.
What is an animal? -- Animal phyla -- The evolutionary tree of animals -- Basal animals : sponges, corals, and jellyfish -- The bilaterians : building a body -- Lophotrochozoa : wondrous worms -- Ecdysozoa : insects and nematodes -- Deuterostomes I : starfish, sea squirts and amphioxus -- Deuterostomes II : the rise of vertebrates -- Deuterostomes III : vertebrates on land -- Enigmatic animals.
Molecular biology has revolutionized our understanding of animals and their evolution. In this Very Short Introduction, Peter Holland provides an authoritative summary of the modern view of animal life, its origins, and the new classification resulting from DNA studies.
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