Evolution of Sexual Reproduction in Marine Invertebrates Example of gymnolaemate bryozoans /

• Main Author: Ostrovsky, Andrew (Andrey N.) (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Paleontology.; Aquatic ecology.; Evolutionary biology.; Zoology.; Animal anatomy.; Invertebrates.; Life Sciences.; Freshwater & Marine Ecology.; Evolutionary Biology.; Animal Anatomy / Morphology / Histology.

Three major aspects that distinguish this book are that (1) it contains the most detailed analysis of the sexual reproduction (oogenesis, fertilization and embryonic incubation) in a particular phylum of the aquatic invertebrates (Bryozoa) ever made; this analysis is based on an exhaustive review of...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1. Reproductive patterns of gymnolaemate Bryozoa: general overview and comparative analysis
• Chapter 2. Cheilostome brood chambers — structure, formation, evolution
• Chapter 3. Evolution of reproductive patterns in Cheilostomata
• Appendix I: History of research on sexual reproduction in gymnolaemate Bryozoa
• Appendix II: Materials, methods and list of Taxa studied.