This book provides a comprehensive synthesis of all aspects of Reproduction and Development in Platyhelminths covering from Acoela in Turbellaria to Taenioidea in Cestoda. It elaborates the life cycle and characteristics of different platyhelminthic taxa.
Reproduction and Development in Annelida will offer a comprehensive update to our knowledge of the reproduction and development of annelids. The book will... Læs mere
The relatively more motile major phyletics have evolved more toward species diversity, while the relatively low motile or sessile minor phyletics have gone for more... Læs mere
Plants are autotrophs and sessile, while animals are heterotrophs and motile. Sessility has imposed on plants 94% hermaphroditism, 23% selfing, 3% polyploidization and 39% clonality, in comparison to < 5% herma-phroditism, < 1% selfing and 2% clonality in motile animals.
Molluscs are comprised of edible abalones, snails, mussels, oysters, cuttlefish, and squids. With chapters focusing on sexual and asexual reproduction,... Læs mere
This book discusses the sexual and asexual modes of reproduction of solitary echinoderms, colonial hemichordates, and ascidians. It focuses on the study of the primordial and embryonic stem cells found in echinoderms as early models for gene therapy in vertebrates.
Being sessiles like autotrophic plants and heterotrophics as animals, fungi are fascinating eukaryotes. In them, the need for external digestion has demanded surface expansion and limited tissues to < eight types. To reproduce, 96% fungi engage spores.