Author: Seth Tyler
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9401127751
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
Turbellarian platyhelminths (or, as they are known now among cladistic systematists, free-living Platyhelminthes) comprise a widely distributed assemblage of lower worms found in marine, freshwater, and even occasionally in terrestrial habitats. The phylum Platyhelminthes may be more widely known for its parasitic members since the major parasitic groups of the tapeworms, flukes, and their relatives are more speciose and have greater impact on everyday human life; but the turbellarians are more diverse and, as inhabitants of virtually any aquatic habitat, are more widespread as well. Many of the lower turbellarians are rather simple in morphology and have served as models for ancestors of the Bilateria, i.e., the bulk of the animal phyla. Others are quite complex organisms, especially in the morphology of their reproductive systems which are highly specialized. The majority are free-living in aquatic habitats but a number of interesting parasitic and commensal species are found scattered among the higher turbellarian taxa. But turbellarians are more than just taxonomic curiosities. They have served as illustrative models in research on a variety of basic life processes. For example, their high capacity for regeneration has made them the subject of a large literature in developmental biology, the occurrence of mixoploidy and other karyological oddities among turbellarians has been important in understanding evolution of the genome, and the fine structure and biochemistry of the nervous system in turbellarians is revealing important principles of the organization of so-called primitive neural systems.
Turbellarian Biology
Author: Seth Tyler
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9401127751
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
Turbellarian platyhelminths (or, as they are known now among cladistic systematists, free-living Platyhelminthes) comprise a widely distributed assemblage of lower worms found in marine, freshwater, and even occasionally in terrestrial habitats. The phylum Platyhelminthes may be more widely known for its parasitic members since the major parasitic groups of the tapeworms, flukes, and their relatives are more speciose and have greater impact on everyday human life; but the turbellarians are more diverse and, as inhabitants of virtually any aquatic habitat, are more widespread as well. Many of the lower turbellarians are rather simple in morphology and have served as models for ancestors of the Bilateria, i.e., the bulk of the animal phyla. Others are quite complex organisms, especially in the morphology of their reproductive systems which are highly specialized. The majority are free-living in aquatic habitats but a number of interesting parasitic and commensal species are found scattered among the higher turbellarian taxa. But turbellarians are more than just taxonomic curiosities. They have served as illustrative models in research on a variety of basic life processes. For example, their high capacity for regeneration has made them the subject of a large literature in developmental biology, the occurrence of mixoploidy and other karyological oddities among turbellarians has been important in understanding evolution of the genome, and the fine structure and biochemistry of the nervous system in turbellarians is revealing important principles of the organization of so-called primitive neural systems.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9401127751
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
Turbellarian platyhelminths (or, as they are known now among cladistic systematists, free-living Platyhelminthes) comprise a widely distributed assemblage of lower worms found in marine, freshwater, and even occasionally in terrestrial habitats. The phylum Platyhelminthes may be more widely known for its parasitic members since the major parasitic groups of the tapeworms, flukes, and their relatives are more speciose and have greater impact on everyday human life; but the turbellarians are more diverse and, as inhabitants of virtually any aquatic habitat, are more widespread as well. Many of the lower turbellarians are rather simple in morphology and have served as models for ancestors of the Bilateria, i.e., the bulk of the animal phyla. Others are quite complex organisms, especially in the morphology of their reproductive systems which are highly specialized. The majority are free-living in aquatic habitats but a number of interesting parasitic and commensal species are found scattered among the higher turbellarian taxa. But turbellarians are more than just taxonomic curiosities. They have served as illustrative models in research on a variety of basic life processes. For example, their high capacity for regeneration has made them the subject of a large literature in developmental biology, the occurrence of mixoploidy and other karyological oddities among turbellarians has been important in understanding evolution of the genome, and the fine structure and biochemistry of the nervous system in turbellarians is revealing important principles of the organization of so-called primitive neural systems.
Biology of Turbellaria and some Related Flatworms
Author: Lester R.G. Cannon
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9401100454
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 299
Book Description
Turbellaria, the mainly free-living flatworms, and some of their parasitic relatives, are among the simplest of the metazoa and, as such, provide ideal models for a wide range of fundamental studies. The 60 contributions to Biology of Turbellaria and some Related Flatworms cover taxonomy and phylogeny, biogeography and genetics, ecology and behaviour, Anatomy and ultrastructure, development and regeneration, genes and sequences, and neurophysiology. Biology of Turbellaria and some Related Flatworms is the most recent compilation in the series published in Hydrobiologia since 1981, covering research on these flatworms assembled by the world's leading authorities on the group. Audience: These papers present the advanced student and serious researcher with up to date information on an important, but often neglected group whose place in the animal kingdom demands greater attention.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9401100454
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 299
Book Description
Turbellaria, the mainly free-living flatworms, and some of their parasitic relatives, are among the simplest of the metazoa and, as such, provide ideal models for a wide range of fundamental studies. The 60 contributions to Biology of Turbellaria and some Related Flatworms cover taxonomy and phylogeny, biogeography and genetics, ecology and behaviour, Anatomy and ultrastructure, development and regeneration, genes and sequences, and neurophysiology. Biology of Turbellaria and some Related Flatworms is the most recent compilation in the series published in Hydrobiologia since 1981, covering research on these flatworms assembled by the world's leading authorities on the group. Audience: These papers present the advanced student and serious researcher with up to date information on an important, but often neglected group whose place in the animal kingdom demands greater attention.
Advances in the Biology of Turbellarians and Related Platyhelminthes
Author: Seth Tyler
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9400948107
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description
Proceedings of the Fourth International Symposium on the Turbellaria held at Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada, August 5-10, 1984
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9400948107
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description
Proceedings of the Fourth International Symposium on the Turbellaria held at Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada, August 5-10, 1984
Advances in the Biology of Turbellarians and Related Platyhelminthes
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Category : Platyhelminthes
Languages : en
Pages : 357
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Category : Platyhelminthes
Languages : en
Pages : 357
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The Biology of the Turbellaria
Author: E.R. Schockaert
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9400986688
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 300
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Proceedings of the Third International Symposium Held in Diepenbeek, Belgium, August 11-15, 1980
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9400986688
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
Proceedings of the Third International Symposium Held in Diepenbeek, Belgium, August 11-15, 1980
Morphology and Biology of Some Turbellaria from the Mississippi Basin
Author: Ruth Higley
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Category : Turbellaria
Languages : en
Pages : 104
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Category : Turbellaria
Languages : en
Pages : 104
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Biology of Turbellaria: Experimental Advances
Author: Jacob Shapira
Publisher: Ardent Media
ISBN: 9780842270854
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Publisher: Ardent Media
ISBN: 9780842270854
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 200
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Biology of the Turbellaria
Author: Ernest Schockaert
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Languages : en
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Turbellarian Biology
Author: Seth Tyler
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Category : Turbellaria
Languages : en
Pages : 398
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Category : Turbellaria
Languages : en
Pages : 398
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Polyclad Turbellarians
Author: Prudhoe
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Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 98
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Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 98
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