Stephen A. Miller,
College of the Ozarks John B. Harley,
Eastern Kentucky University
ISBN: 0072528362 Copyright year: 2005
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New Edition!
Zoology, Sixth Edition
by Stephen Miller, College of The Ozarks and
John Harley, Eastern Kentucky University
2005 / ISBN 0-07-0-07-293355-0 / 576 pages / hardcover
New to the Sixth Edition
"Evolutionary Insights" boxes appear in selected chapters. These readings present students with further information and examples of how evolutionary biology works.
Chapter 4 is reorganized and presents new information on the distinction between microevolution and macroevolution. Coverage of evidence of macroevolution includes an expanded discussion of paleontology, a reorganized and expanded discussion of homology and analogy from the perspectives of both comparative anatomy and molecular biology, and a new presentation of evidence from developmental biology. A new section on phylogeny and common descent caps this chapter.
Chapter 5 begins with an expanded presentation of populations and gene pools. The sections on sources of variation and gene flow are enhanced with more information and new examples.
Chapter 9 presents new information on the evolutionary relationships of the Porifera, Cnidaria, and Ctenophora.
Chapter 13 provides an updated taxonomy of the Annelida, including the presentation of the oligochaetes and leeches as members of a single class Clitellata.
Chapters 14 and 15 include an extensive update on arthropod taxonomy. Arthropods are presented as a monophyletic group, and recent thinking regarding crustacean ancestry for the phylum is discussed. There is expanded coverage of the hemocoel and insect nutrition and digestion.
Chordate taxonomy in chapters 17-22 has been updated. Chapter 18 includes expanded discussion of the evolution of jaws and paired appendages and the fish-to-amphibian transition. Chapter 19 introduces more coverage of the early evolution of the Stegocephalia and Tetrapoda. Chapter 21 has expanded coverage of bird evolution.
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