The evolutionary biology of extinct and extant organisms / Subir Ranjan Kundu.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kundu, Subir Ranjan, author.

Contributor:

ProQuest ebook central.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Evolutionary paleobiology.

Extinct animals--Evolution.

Extinct animals.

Fossils.

Evolution.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Academic Press, 2020.

System Details:

text file

Contents:

<P>Introduction: Missing-link: When an "outmoded term", holds "in between features" between the ancestors and its descendants</p> <p>1. The transitional features of "Missing-link" illuminate the molecular nuts and bolts of biological evolution</p> <p>2. If and When Evolution is Ultimate Essence of Life: What is the Evolutionary Identity of the Missing-link (resembling <i>Archaeopteryx</i>) </p> <p>3. Walking with Cynodont<i> </i>to Explore the Uncharted Evolutionary Trail of Mammalian lineage diverged out of Reptilian</p> <p>4. One Small Step for Amphibious Fish, One Evolutionary Leap for Moving Tetrapods on Earth</p> <p>5. Evolutionary Origin of Amniotic Egg: The Transitional Form between Amphibians and Reptiles in the Doubt Clear Session</p> <p>6. When Contemporary Discoveries Pushes the Bony-fish to Ancestral or Evolutionary Back-seat and Discreetly Pushes Cartilaginous-fish in the Advanced or Front-seat</p> <p>7. Hemichordates: The Bilaterian lineage (also known as phylum- Deuterostome) in the evolutionary crossroads of developmental biology</p> <p>8. Cambrian Evolution of Onychophorans: In the evolutionary labyrinth of Arthropods, Annelids, and Molluscs</p> <p>9. The extent of Ctenophore uniqueness<i>

</i>distinctly recognized to be "quasi-Cnidarians" or "stunted Bilaterians"</p> <p>10. The Protistan Link in Transition: Down the Evolutionary Trail from Unicellular-Protozoa to Multicellular-Metazoa</p> <p>11. Evolutionary Mysticism of Euglena: A Sagacious Soul of a Plant in the Body of an Animal</p> <p>12. Virus: A Stepping Stone in Transition in the course of Evolutionary Journey from the World of "Non-Living" to the World of "Living" Entity</p> <p>13. Once there was an ancestor between humans and apes: In the Quest for the enigmatic Missing-link </p> <p>14. Mitochondrial Eve and Y-Chromosomal Adam on Planet Earth: Humanity's metaphoric Missing-link between Prehistoric Past and Contemporary Present</p> <p>Conclusion: Missing-link: In Search of Our Distant Cousins Footprints, a Quest for Our Evolutionary Journey to the Past</p>

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.

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ISBN:

9780128232835

0128232838

Publisher Number:

40030514009

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