자료유형 | E-Book |
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개인저자 | McGhee, George R., author. |
서명/저자사항 | Convergent evolution on earth :lessons for the search for extraterrestrial life /George R. McGhee Jr. |
발행사항 | Cambridge : MIT Press, 2019. |
형태사항 | 1 online resource (328 pages) |
총서사항 | Vienna series in theoretical biology |
소장본 주기 | Added to collection customer.56279.3 |
ISBN | 9780262354172 0262354179 |
내용주기 | Intro; Contents; Series Foreword; Preface: Limited Forms Most Beautiful; 1. Convergence in Life Forms in the Seas and on the Land; Oceanus: Evolution on a Water World; Land Plants and Marine Animals: Who Is Copying Whom?; Land Animals and Marine Animals: Which Form Came First?; The Analysis of Convergent Evolution; The Causes of Convergent Evolution; On the Organization of This Book; 2. Convergent Feeding Forms; Photosynthetic Animals?; In the Dark Depths: Chemosynthetic Animals; Strange Carnivores; Sparse Herbivores; Agriculturalist Animals in the Oceans?; Filter-Feeding Animals? Strange Scavengers3. Convergent Sessile Forms; Sessile Animals?; Life in an Unstable World; Rooted: Plant-Like Forms; Hard Substrata: Cemented and Boring Forms; Colonies of Clones in Animals?; 4. Convergent Mobile Forms; Life under Pressure; Plankton: Floating Forms; Nekton: Swimming and Flying Forms?; Fellow Travelers: Hitchhiking Forms; Epibenthos: Walking Forms; Epibenthos: Crawling Forms; Endobenthos: Burrowing Forms; 5. Convergent Defense Forms; Survival in the Marine Realm; Armored Defense; Spinous Defense; Poisonous Defense; Electric-Field Defense 6. Convergent Origin of Fundamental Organ Systems in the SeasOn the Origin of Organs in the Oceans; Multicellularity; Nervous and Muscle Systems; Body-Structural Development; Circulatory Systems and Nephridia; Respiratory Systems; Immune Systems; Visual Systems; Electrosensory Systems; Endothermic Metabolic Systems; Reproductive Systems; Prehensile Appendages; 7. Convergent Evolution on Other Worlds?; Evolutionary Convergence in the Twenty-First Century; Evolutionary History of Our Water World; Oceanus: Convergent Evolution on a Water World; Terra Firma: Convergent Evolution on Land Life and Convergence as We Know ItLife and Convergence as We Do Not Know It; The Search for Extraterrestrial Life; Appendix: A Phylogenetic Classification of Life; References; Index of Common Names; Index of Species; Index of Topics |
요약 | An analysis of patterns of convergent evolution on Earth that suggests where we might look for similar convergent forms on other planets. |
일반주제명 | Convergence (Biology) Evolution (Biology) Convergence (Biology) Evolution (Biology) |
언어 | 영어 |
기타형태 저록 | Print version:McGhee, George R.Convergent evolution on earth9780262042734 |
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