Animals Without Backbones
Author | : Ralph Buchsbaum |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 1948 |
Genre | : Invertebrates |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Ralph Buchsbaum |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 1948 |
Genre | : Invertebrates |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Bobbie Kalman |
Publisher | : Crabtree Publishing Company |
Total Pages | : 36 |
Release | : 2008-09 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9780778732792 |
Invertebrates do not have backbones or internal skeletons, but some have hard coverings. Invertebrates are weird and wonderful creatures that come in every shape and color imaginable! Children will love the exciting photos!
Author | : Janet Moore |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 283 |
Release | : 2006-09-21 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 1139458477 |
So much has to be crammed into today's biology courses that basic information on animal groups and their evolutionary origins is often left out. This is particularly true for the invertebrates. The second edition of Janet Moore's An Introduction to the Invertebrates fills this gap by providing a short updated guide to the invertebrate phyla, looking at their diverse forms, functions and evolutionary relationships. This book first introduces evolution and modern methods of tracing it, then considers the distinctive body plan of each invertebrate phylum showing what has evolved, how the animals live, and how they develop. Boxes introduce physiological mechanisms and development. The final chapter explains uses of molecular evidence and presents an up-to-date view of evolutionary history, giving a more certain definition of the relationships between invertebrates. This user-friendly and well-illustrated introduction will be invaluable for all those studying invertebrates.
Author | : Bridget Anderson |
Publisher | : World of Science: Come Learn w |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2003-02 |
Genre | : Animals |
ISBN | : 9781890674144 |
Discusses what invertebrates are and how they are classified, and provides in-depth information about many specific invertebrates, such as insects, sponges, and jellyfish.
Author | : Millicent E. Selsam |
Publisher | : iUniverse |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2003-09 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0595291228 |
An introduction to the characteristics of the major groups of invertebrates and vertebrates.
Author | : Elaine Pascoe |
Publisher | : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc |
Total Pages | : 40 |
Release | : 2002-12-15 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9780823963119 |
Describes the physical characteristics, behavior, and habitat of animals that do not have internal skeletal systems.
Author | : Ralph Buchsbaum |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 594 |
Release | : 1948 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : |
A thorough introduction of the structure and characteristics of the main groups of invertebrate animals.
Author | : Ralph Buchsbaum |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 583 |
Release | : 2013-03-18 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 022607627X |
Animals Without Backbones has been considered a classic among biology textbooks since it was first published to great acclaim in 1938. It was the first biology textbook ever reviewed by Time and was also featured with illustrations in Life. Harvard, Stanford, the University of Chicago, and more than eighty other colleges and universities adopted it for use in courses. Since then, its clear explanations and ample illustrations have continued to introduce hundreds of thousands of students and general readers around the world to jellyfishes, corals, flatworms, squids, starfishes, spiders, grasshoppers, and the other invertebrates that make up ninety-seven percent of the animal kingdom. This new edition has been completely rewritten and redesigned, but it retains the same clarity and careful scholarship that have earned this book its continuing readership for half a century. It is even more lavishly illustrated than earlier editions, incorporating many new drawings and photographs. Informative, concise legends that form an integral part of the text accompany the illustrations. The text has been updated to include findings from recent research. Eschewing pure morphology, the authors use each group of animals to introduce one or more biological principles. In recent decades, courses and texts on invertebrate zoology at many universities have been available only for advanced biology majors specializing in this area. The Third Edition of Animals Without Backbones remains an ideal introduction to invertebrates for lower-level biology majors, nonmajors, students in paleontology and other related fields, junior college and advanced high school students, and the general reader who pursues the rewarding study of the natural world.
Author | : Ralph Morris Buchsbaum |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1959 |
Genre | : Invertebrates |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Henry Gee |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 325 |
Release | : 2018-07-04 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 022640319X |
“Addresses an important topic for biologists and zoologists about vertebrates’ place in the ‘grand scheme’ . . . genuinely witty and charming . . . magnificent.” —Neil J. Gostling, University of Southampton Our understanding of vertebrate origins and the backbone of human history evolves with each new fossil find and DNA map. Many species have now had their genomes sequenced, and molecular techniques allow genetic inspection of even non-model organisms. But as longtime Nature editor Henry Gee argues in Across the Bridge, despite these giant strides and our deepening understanding of how vertebrates fit into the tree of life, the morphological chasm between vertebrates and invertebrates remains vast and enigmatic. As Gee shows, even as scientific advances have falsified a variety of theories linking these groups, the extant relatives of vertebrates are too few for effective genetic analysis. Moreover, the more we learn about the species that do remain—from sea-squirts to starfish—the clearer it becomes that they are too far evolved along their own courses to be of much use in reconstructing what the latest invertebrate ancestors of vertebrates looked like. Fossils present yet further problems of interpretation. Tracing both the fast-changing science that has helped illuminate the intricacies of vertebrate evolution as well as the limits of that science, Across the Bridge helps us to see how far the field has come in crossing the invertebrate-to-vertebrate divide—and how far we still have to go. “A beautiful ode to some of the least appreciated animals . . . guides the reader joyfully through deuterostomes—weaving disparate elements of embryology, paleontology, and morphology into an unprecedented and accessible narrative.” —Jakob Vinther, University of Bristol