Twenty-two international molluscan experts contribute ten chapters synthesizing what is known about the molecular systematics or phylogeography of their favorite group of mollusks and/or providing novel data or a fresh perspective or approach for analyzing data in a phylogenetic framework. Coverage includes an overview of molluscan molecular systematics and phylogeography, bivalve phylogeny and molecular data, freshwater mussels, Scaphopoda, Gastropoda, Euthyneura, Opisthobranchia, aquatic mollusks, and terrestrial gastropods. For students and researchers in the fields of molluscan systematics/phylogeography and evolutionary biology. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Leading scientists provide the most up-to-date information.This richly detailed book is the first complete review of molecular systematics and phylogeography of mollusks. Ten chapters cover a full range of issues such as research opportunities, molecules and evolution, bivalve evolution, gastropod evolution, and how mollusks have evolved into so many species.
The concluding title in the Smithsonian Series of Comparative Evolutionary Biology, this book brings together experts from around the world. Each explores their topic in a way that reveals not only the evolutionary history of mollusks, but also how evolution operates. Anyone seriously interested in living mollusks, fossilized shells, or evolution will find this book to be an invaluable resource.
