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- Repeat: The Bible of Invertebrate Zoology
The text of choice for my marine invertebrates field course, I have referred back to the worn pages of this book again and again in numerous courses. Even after finishing my degree, this book remains my favourite while my copies of Brusca & Brusca and Pechenick remain untouched.
It should be noted that in these days of daily advances and discoveries, especially in the realm of molecular biology, that textbook phylogenies should generally not be trusted. Ruppert and Barnes is no different, and relationships should be found in the most recent literature (and still taken with a huge grain of salt :) ).
Rating: - THE bible of invertebrate zoology
This 1994 edition contains references and drawings of Burgess shale organisms. Some cladograms reflect RNA nucleotide sequencing; however, reference should be made to Raven's "The Biology of Plants" for most recent evolutionary relationships.-F.M. Sturtevant, PhD
- Repeat: The Bible of Invertebrate ZoologyThe text of choice for my marine invertebrates field course, I have referred back to the worn pages of this book again and again in numerous courses. Even after finishing my degree, this book remains my favourite while my copies of Brusca & Brusca and Pechenick remain untouched.
It should be noted that in these days of daily advances and discoveries, especially in the realm of molecular biology, that textbook phylogenies should generally not be trusted. Ruppert and Barnes is no different, and relationships should be found in the most recent literature (and still taken with a huge grain of salt :) ).
Rating:
- THE bible of invertebrate zoologyThis 1994 edition contains references and drawings of Burgess shale organisms. Some cladograms reflect RNA nucleotide sequencing; however, reference should be made to Raven's "The Biology of Plants" for most recent evolutionary relationships.-F.M. Sturtevant, PhD
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