Retrograde Evolution During Major Extinction Crises

• Main Author: Guex, Jean (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2016.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Evolutionary Biology,
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Paleontology.; Biodiversity.; Evolutionary biology.; Microbiology.; Invertebrates.; Life Sciences.; Evolutionary Biology.

This book is the first of its kind, providing in-depth analysis of the retrograde evolution occurring during major extinction periods. The text offers a non-strictly adaptative explanation of repetition of phyla after the major extinctions, utilizing a study of seven phylogenetically distinct groups...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction to retrograde evolutionary changes during major environmental crises
• Evolution of planctonic foraminifera
• Evolution of Radiolarians
• Evolution of ammonoids and Nautiloids
• Evolution of corals
• Evolution of conodonts
• Evolution of silicoflagellates as an example of unique lab experiment.