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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Williamson, Donald I.
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2003.
Subjects:	Life sciences. Developmental biology. Aquatic biology. Evolution (Biology) Forests and forestry. Zoology. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Foreword
Preface to the First Edition
Preface to the Second Edition.-Acknowledgements
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 hermichordates. 10. Echinoderms: metamorphosis. 11. Echinoderms: sea-urchings and brittle-stars. 12. Echinoderms: fossil record. 13. Urochordates. 14. Arthropods
III Solutions. 15. Hybrids
IV Conclusions. 16. Towards a new zoology
Bibliography
Glossary
Index.