Arthropod Biology and Evolution : Molecules, Development, Morphology

Front Matter....Pages i-ix
An Introduction to the Biology and Evolution of Arthropods....Pages 1-15
The Arthropoda: A Phylogenetic Framework....Pages 17-40
An Overview of Arthropod Genomics, Mitogenomics, and the Evolutionary Origins of the Arthropod Proteome....Pages 41-61
Arthropod Embryology: Cleavage and Germ Band Development....Pages 63-89
Arthropod Post-embryonic Development....Pages 91-122
Arthropod Developmental Endocrinology....Pages 123-148
Arthropod Regeneration....Pages 149-169
The Arthropod Cuticle....Pages 171-196
Arthropod Segmentation and Tagmosis....Pages 197-221
The Arthropod Head....Pages 223-240
Arthropod Limbs and their Development....Pages 241-267
Insect Wings: The Evolutionary Development of Nature’s First Flyers....Pages 269-298
Architectural Principles and Evolution of the Arthropod Central Nervous System....Pages 299-342
The Arthropod Circulatory System....Pages 343-391
The Arthropod Fossil Record....Pages 393-415
Water-to-Land Transitions....Pages 417-439
Arthropod Endosymbiosis and Evolution....Pages 441-477
The Evolvability of Arthropods....Pages 479-493
Back Matter....Pages 495-532