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Invertebrate Zoology: A Tree of Life Approach

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nvertebrate Zoology: A Tree of Life Approach is a comprehensive and authoritative textbook adopting an explicitly phylogenetic organization. Most of the classical anatomical and morphological work has not been changed – it established the foundation of Invertebrate Zoology. With the explosion of Next-Generation Sequencing approaches, there has been a sea-change in the recognized phylogenetic relationships among and between invertebrate lineages. In addition, the merger of evolutionary and developmental biology (evo-devo) has dramatically contributed to changes in the understanding of invertebrate biology…

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Invertebrate Zoology: A Tree of Life Approach is a comprehensive and authoritative textbook adopting an explicitly phylogenetic organization. Most of the classical anatomical and morphological work has not been changed – it established the foundation of Invertebrate Zoology. With the explosion of Next-Generation Sequencing approaches, there has been a sea-change in the recognized phylogenetic relationships among and between invertebrate lineages. In addition, the merger of evolutionary and developmental biology (evo-devo) has dramatically contributed to changes in the understanding of invertebrate biology. Synthesizing these three approaches (classical morphology, sequencing data, and evo-devo studies) offers students an entirely unique perspective of invertebrate diversity. Key features include:One of the first textbooks to combine classical morphological approaches and newer evo-devo and Next-Generation Sequencing approaches to address Invertebrate Zoology; – organized along taxonomic lines in accord with the latest understanding of invertebrate phylogeny; – provides background in basic systematic analysis useful within any study of biodiversity; – a wealth of ancillary materials for students and teachers, including downloadable figures, lecture slides, web links, and phylogenetic data matrices. 643 p.

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Authors expertises affiliations

  • Bernd Schierwater, Editor. Director of the Institute of Animal Ecology and Evolution, University of Veterinary Medicine, Hannover (Germany).
  • Rob DeSalle, Editor. Curator at the Sackler Institute of Comparative Genomics in the Division of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY (USA).
  • Publication date (digital version): 2021-07