LEADER 04429nam 2200589Ia 450 001 9910739458603321 005 20241211124231.0 010 $a9783642361609 010 $a3642361609 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-642-36160-9 035 $a(CKB)2670000000371093 035 $a(EBL)1206109 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000880094 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11454284 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000880094 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10888428 035 $a(PQKB)11180681 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-642-36160-9 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1206109 035 $a(PPN)169139123 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000371093 100 $a20130422d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aArthropod biology and evolution $emolecules, development, morphology /$fAlessandro Minelli, Geoffrey Boxshall, Giuseppe Fusco, editors 205 $a1st ed. 2013. 210 $aBerlin ;$aNew York $cSpringer$dc2013 215 $a1 online resource (532 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9783642361593 311 08$a3642361595 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction to Diversity and Ubiquity of Arthropods -- The Arthropoda: A Phylogenetic Framework -- Evolutionary Genomics of Arthropods -- Arthropod Embryonic Development -- Arthropod Post-embryonic Development -- Arthropod Developmental Endocrinology -- Arthropod Regeneration -- The Arthropod Cuticle -- Arthropod Body Segments and Tagmata -- The Arthropod Head -- Arthropod Appendages -- Insect Wings: The Evolutionary Development of Nature's First Flyers -- The Arthropod Nervous System -- The Arthropod Circulatory System -- The Arthropod Fossil Record -- Arthropods: Water-to-Land Transitions -- Arthropod Endosymbiosis and Evolution -- The Evolvability of Arthropod Structure. 330 $aThe Arthropoda is by far the largest living phylum, comprising over 1.2 million living species, and its unique evolutionary success is the primary focus for this up-to-date and comprehensive overview of the biology of the group.  This astonishing species richness is matched by a spectacular diversity in body forms and adaptations.  To counter the largely unavoidable trend towards increased specialization within a particular group, this volume adopts a comparative viewpoint across the entire phylum, encompassing both extant and fossil forms.  The phylum-wide perspective allows us to appreciate the wave of recent advances in knowledge of arthropod biology and evolution and to identify emerging themes and priorities for future research. As ever in the history of science, this wave of advances is driven by the rapid development of new methods and techniques.  New methods of extracting and studying fossils have vastly improved understanding of Palaeozoic arthropods.  New non-invasive, non-destructive techniques, such as micro-computed tomography, have revolutionised anatomical analysis and imaging. Arthropod comparative genomics is still in its infancy but high-throughput sequencing together with next-generation sequencing has facilitated spectacular growth in volumes of sequence data, which in turn has driven advances in bioinformatics. These novel methods have generated a wealth of data which has been critically reviewed by the chapter authors, to provide a new perspective on arthropod biology and evolution. The concise factual summaries and the questions articulated in this book will be of interest to evolutionary biologists, palaeontologists, developmental geneticists and invertebrate zoologists. It will be of special interest to advanced graduate and post-graduate students and have the potential to stimulate younger researchers to address questions in arthropod biology from the vantage point of a phylum-wide comparative perspective. 606 $aArthropoda$xDevelopment 606 $aArthropoda$xEvolution 615 0$aArthropoda$xDevelopment. 615 0$aArthropoda$xEvolution. 676 $a595.138 701 $aMinelli$b Alessandro$07718 701 $aBoxshall$b Geoffrey Allan$01764061 701 $aFusco$b Giuseppe$f1965-$01764062 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910739458603321 996 $aArthropod biology and evolution$94204800 997 $aUNINA