Key Transitions in Animal Evolution

<STRONG>Introduction:</STRONG> A Phylogenomic Journey Through the Animal Tree of Life: Key Innovations in the Evolution of Metazoa; B. Schierwater and R. DeSalle <STRONG>Tangled Roots in the Animal Tree of Life</STRONG> Putting Animals in their Place Within a Context of Eukaryotic Innovations; D. Vazquez, L. Wegener Parfrey and L.A. Katz Elucidating Animal Phylogeny: Advances in Knowledge and Forthcoming Challenges; K.M. Kocot, J.T. Cannon and K.M. Halanych Key Transitions in Animal Evolution: a Mitochondrial DNA Perspect.

Front Cover; Introduction; Contents; Section 1. Tangled Roots in the Animal Tree of Life; Chapter 1. Putting Animals in their Place within a Context of Eukaryotic Innovations; Chapter 2. Elucidating Animal Phylogeny: Advances in Knowledge and Forthcoming Challenges; Chapter 3. Key Transitions in Animal Evolution: a Mitochondrial DNA Perspective; Chapter 4. Pending Issues in Development and Phylogeny of Arthropods; Chapter 5. The Pre-Nervous System and Beyond-Poriferan Milestones in the Early Evolution of the Metazoan Nervous System*

Chapter 6. A Key Innovation in Animal Evolution, the Emergence of Neurogenesis: Cellular and Molecular Cues from Cnidarian Nervous SystemsChapter 7. From Cnidaria to "Higher Metazoa" in One Step; Chapter 8. Basal Metazoan Sensory Evolution; Chapter 9. Cnidarian Gene Expression Patterns and the Origins of Bilaterality-Are Cnidarians Reading the same Game Plan as "Higher" Animals?; Chapter 10. Key Transitions During Animal Phototransduction Evolution: Co-duplication as a Null Hypothesis for the Evolutionary Origins of Novel Traits; Chapter 11. Vertebrate Hox Genes and Specializations in Mammals.

Chapter 12. Field Biology of Placozoans (Trichoplax): Dis…