The Evolution of Parasitism - A Phylogenetic Perspective: The Evolution of Parasitology Vol 54 (Advances in Parasitology): Volume 54 - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0120317540 ISBN 13: 9780120317547

Publisher: Academic Press, 2003

Synopsis

Parasitology continues to benefit from taking an evolutionary approach to its study. Tree construction, character-mapping, tree-based evolutionary interpretation, and other developments in molecular and morphological phylogenetics have had a profound influence and have shed new light on the very nature of host-parasite relations and their coevolution. Life cycle complexity, parasite ecology and the origins and evolution of parasitism itself are all underpinned by an understanding of phylogeny.

The Evolution of Parasitism - A Phylogenetic Perspective aims to bring together a range of articles that exemplifies the phylogenetic approach as applied to various disciplines within parasitology and as applied by parasitologists. Unified by the use of phylogenies, this book tackles a wide variety of parasite-specific biological problems across a diverse range of taxa.

• Includes important contributions from leading minds in the field such as Serge Morand, Francisco Ayala and Mark Blaxter, among others
• Second in the ISI Parasitology List in 2002 with an Impact Factor of 4.818
• Series encompasses over 35 years of parasitology coverage

About this title

Review:

This thematic volume of Advances in Parasitology features reviews on the phylogenetic approach as applied to parasitology.

About the Author:

D. Timothy J. Littlewood is a Merit Researcher and currently Head of Life Sciences Department at the Natural History Museum, London. His main research interests include the systematics of platyhelminths (flatworms), and other phyla, particularly with a view to revealing patterns of diversity and diversification associated with parasitism.

About this edition

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0120317540
• ISBN 13: 9780120317547
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 416
• Editor: Littlewood Tim