Morphology

Gastrotricha, Cycloneuralia and Gnathifera

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This section of the Handbook of Zoology is intended as a comprehensive and exhaustive account of the biology of the taxa Gastrotricha, Nematoda, Nematomorpha, Priapulida, Kinorhyncha, Loricifera, Gnathostomulida, Micrognathozoa, Rotifera, Seisonida and Acanthocephala, covering a…

Insect morphology and phylogeny

by Friedrich, Frank, Ge, Si-Qin, Beutel, Rolf G., Yang, Xing-Ke

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This textbook provides an in-depth treatment of the structures and the phylogeny of the megadiverse Hexapoda. The first part presents an up-to-date overview or general insect morphology with detailed drawings, scanning electron micrographs, and 3-D reconstructions. Also included…

Convergent evolution: limited forms most beautiful

by McGhee, George R.

fromVienna series in theoretical biology

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In this book, George McGhee describes the ubiquity of the phenomenon of convergent evolution and connects it directly to the concept of evolutionary constraint--the idea that the number of evolutionary pathways available to life are not endless, but quite limited. Convergent ev…

Affix ordering across languages and frameworks

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This volume advances our understanding of how word structure in terms of affix ordering is organized in the languages of the world. Affix ordering is a central issue in linguistic theory and there has been much research on the topic. The present volume contributes novel data fro…

The genetics of cattle

by C.A.B. International

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This book contains 24 chapters covering various fields of genetics and biology of cattle. It serves as a reference book on cattle genetics for researchers, lecturers, students, farmers and specialists working in the industry. The first five chapters focus on systematics, phyloge…

Sculptured thin films: nanoengineered morphology and optics

by Lakhtakia, A., (Akhlesh), Messier, R.

fromSPIE Press monograph

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Sculptured thin films (STFs) are a class of nanoengineered materials with properties that can be designed and realized in a controllable manner using physical vapor deposition. This text, presented as a course at the SPIE Optical Science and Technology Symposium, couples detaile…

Marine fungi and fungal-like organisms

by Pang, Ka-Lai, Jones, E.B. Gareth

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Marine fungi play a major role in marine and mangrove ecosystems. Understanding how higher fungi with their spectrum of cellulolytic and ligninolytic enzymes degrade wood tissue, is essential to marine ecology. This book provides an overview of marine fungi including morphology …

The acquisition of hebrew phonology and morphology

by Bat-El, Outi

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The articles in this volume contribute to the joint enterprise between theoretical linguistics and research in the development of phonology and morphology. When it comes to the acquisition of phonology, Hebrew is a new member in the limited pool of studied languages (English, Du…

The acquisition of hebrew phonology and morphology

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The articles in this volume contribute to the joint enterprise between theoretical linguistics and research in the development of phonology and morphology. When it comes to the acquisition of phonology, Hebrew is a new member in the limited pool of studied languages (English, Du…