01772nam a22003257a 4500 20231115124431.0 120314s2011 enka b 001 0 eng d 2011277043 bnb 015855420 Uk 9780199593217 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0199593213 (pbk. : alk. paper) (OCoLC)ocn751726098 UKMGB eng UKMGB VP@ YDXCP BWX NYP ITJCU ORU CDX BD-DhBPA QL49 .H685 2011 590 22 HOT 2011 Holland, Peter W. H. The animal kingdom : a very short introduction / Peter Holland. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011. xiv, 126 p. : ill. ; 18 cm. Very short introductions ; 293 Includes bibliographical references (p. 119-120) and index. What is an animal? -- Animal phyla -- The evolutionary tree of animals -- Basal animals : sponges, corals, and jellyfish -- The bilaterians : building a body -- Lophotrochozoa : wondrous worms -- Ecdysozoa : insects and nematodes -- Deuterostomes I : starfish, sea squirts and amphioxus -- Deuterostomes II : the rise of vertebrates -- Deuterostomes III : vertebrates on land -- Enigmatic animals. Molecular biology has revolutionized our understanding of animals and their evolution. In this Very Short Introduction, Peter Holland provides an authoritative summary of the modern view of animal life, its origins, and the new classification resulting from DNA studies. Animals. 142234 Zoology Popular works. 30155 Evolution (Biology) Popular works. 142235 Very short introductions ; 293. ddc BK 50581 50581 0 0 ddc 0 0 BPATC BPATC CHILD 2 4 590 HOT 2011 107287 2019-08-05 00:00:00 2019-05-16 2018-05-29 BK 0 0 ddc 0 0 BPATC BPATC CHILD 2 590 HOT 2011 107288 2023-10-03 00:00:00 2023-08-29 2018-05-29 BK