| The Evolution of Parasitism - A Phylogenetic Perspective: Volume 54 Contributor(s): Littlewood, Tim |
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ISBN: 0120317540 ISBN-13: 9780120317547 Publisher: Academic Press OUR PRICE: $286.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2003 * Not available - Not in print at this time *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. 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. * Includes important contributions from leading minds in the field such as Serge Morand, Francisco Ayala and Mark Blaxter, among others. * Second in the ISI Parasitology List in 2002 with an Impact Factor of 4.818 * Series encompasses over 35 years of parasitology coverage |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical | Parasitology - Science | Life Sciences - Ecology - Science | Life Sciences - Genetics & Genomics |
| Dewey: 616.96 |
| Series: Advances in Parasitology |
| Physical Information: 0.85" H x 6.42" W x 9.22" (1.72 lbs) 416 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. The Evolution of Parasitism - A Phylogenetic Perspective 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. |