Animal evolution : genomes, fossils, and trees /

Describing and understanding the evolution of the diversity of bodyplans is a major goal of evolutionary biology. Taking a modern, integrated approach to this question, a group of researchers describe how modern techniques and disciplines have been combined, resulting in a dramatic renaissance in th...

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Other Authors: Telford, Maximilian J., Littlewood, D. T. J. (D. Timothy J.), 1961-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Series:Oxford biology.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Describing and understanding the evolution of the diversity of bodyplans is a major goal of evolutionary biology. Taking a modern, integrated approach to this question, a group of researchers describe how modern techniques and disciplines have been combined, resulting in a dramatic renaissance in the study of animal evolution.
Item Description:"This book was originally published as an issue of Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society B; Biological sciences (volume 363; number 1496) but has been materially changed and updated"--Title page verso
Physical Description:1 online resource (xvi, 245 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color)
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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