
Larvae and Evolution
D.I. Williamson(Author)
Chapman and Hall (Publisher)
Published in September 1992
Book
Hardback
244 pages
978-0-412-03081-9 (ISBN)
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Description
This is an explanation of the major anomalies between adults and their larvae in many groups of animals, presenting evidence for a non-Darwinian type of evolution taking place alongside Darwinian evolution. The author's thesis is that at various points in the evolutionary time - quite rarely, but often enough to effect major changes in the direction of evolution - organisms captured genes from distantly related organisms. These genes were then incorporated into the genomes of the host organisms, where they are expressed in larval or juvenile stages, but not in adults. These are explained by presenting a number of widely known and otherwise unfathomable incongruities between larval stages and corresponding adults.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Laminated cover
Illustrations
35 illustrations, glossary, bibliography, index
Dimensions
Height: 156 mm
Width: 234 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
520 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-412-03081-9 (9780412030819)
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Content
Evolution, relationships and larvae. Crustaceans with incongruous larvae. Echinoderms and their larvae. The affinities of echinoderms. The metamorphosis of echinoderms. The relationship between sea-urchins and brittle-stars. Echinoderms through the ages. The trochophorate phyla. The near-trochophorate phyla. Gene transfer. Testing the theories. Implications.