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Evolution of Sexual Reproduction in Marine Invertebrates - Example of gymnolaemate bryozoans (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014)
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Evolution of Sexual Reproduction in Marine Invertebrates - Example of gymnolaemate bryozoans (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014)
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Three major aspects that distinguish this book are that (1) it
contains the most detailed analysis of the sexual reproduction
(oogenesis, fertilization and embryonic incubation) in a particular
phylum of the aquatic invertebrates (Bryozoa) ever made; this
analysis is based on an exhaustive review of the literature on that
topic published over the last 260 years, as well as extensive
original histological, anatomical and morphological data obtained
during studies of both extant and extinct species; (2) this broad
analysis has made it possible to reconstruct the major patterns,
stages and trends in the evolution of sexual reproduction in
various bryozoan clades, showing numerous examples of parallelisms
during transitions from broadcasting to embryonic incubation, from
planktotrophic to non-feeding larvae and from lecithotrophy to
placentation; corresponding shifts in oogenesis, fertilization and
embryonic development are discussed in detail; and (3) the key
evolutionary novelties acquired by Bryozoa are compared with
similar innovations that have evolved in other groups of marine
invertebrates, showing the general trends in the evolution of their
sexual reproduction. Ecological background of these innovations is
considered too. Altogether these aspects make the monograph an
“Encyclopedia of bryozoan sexual reproduction,” offering an
integral picture of the evolution of this complex phenomenon.
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