Major Events in Early Vertebrate Evolution

by Per Erik Ahlberg (Editor)

Overview

A multi-author volume Major Events in Early Vertebrate Evolution examines the origin and early evolution of the backboned animals (vertebrates)-the group which comprises all fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals, including ourselves. This volume draws together evidence from fossils, genes, and developmental biology (the study of how embry

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781134568857
Publisher:	CRC Press
Publication date:	02/15/2001
Series:	Systematics Association Special Volumes
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	448
File size:	22 MB
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About the Author

Per Erik Ahlberg

Table of Contents

1. Deuterostome Phylogeny: The Context for the Origin and Evolution of the Vertebrates Henry Gee 2. Amphioxus and the Evolutionary Origin of the Vertebrate Neural Crest and Midbrain/Hindbrain Boundary Linda Z. Holland and Nicholas D. Holland 3. The Origin of the Neural Crest Peter W. H. Holland, Hiroshi Wada, Miguel Manzanares, Robb Krumlauf and Sebastian M. Shimeld 4. The Origin and Early Fossil History of the Chordate Acustico-Lateralis System, with Remarks on the Reality of the