The Evolution of Parasitism - A Phylogenetic Perspective.

Author/creator Littlewood, Tim Volume Editor
Format Electronic
Publication InfoAcademic Press [Imprint] San Diego : Elsevier Science & Technology Books
Description416 p. 06.000 x 09.000 in.
Supplemental ContentFull text available from Book Series Package - Life Sciences [BSLFSC]
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SeriesAdvances in Parasitology Ser.
Summary Annotation Parasitology continues to benefit from taking an evolutionary approach to its study. Tree construction, character-mapping, tree-based evolutionary interpretation, and other developments in molecular and morphological phylogenetics have had a profound influence and have shed new light on the very nature of host-parasite relations and their coevolution. Life cycle complexity, parasite ecology and the origins and evolution of parasitism itself are all underpinned by an understanding of phylogeny.<br /><br />This volume aims to bring together a range of articles that exemplifies the phylogenetic approach as applied to various disciplines within parasitology and as applied by parasitologists. Unified by the use of phylogenies, this book tackles a wide variety of parasite-specific biological problems across a diverse range of taxa.<br /><br />* Includes important contributions from leading minds in the field such as Serge Morand, Francisco Ayala and Mark Blaxter, among others.<br />* Second in the ISI Parasitology List in 2002 with an Impact Factor of 4.818<br />* Series encompasses over 35 years of parasitology coverage
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ISBN9780120317547
ISBN0120317540 (Trade Cloth) Active Record
Standard identifier# 9780120317547
Stock number00991439

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