内容简介
Leadingscientistsprovidethemostup-to-dateinformation.Thisrichlydetailedbookisthefirstcompletereviewofmolecularsystematicsandphylogeographyofmollusks.Tenchapterscoverafullrangeofissuessuchasresearchopportunities,moleculesandevolution,bivalveevolution,gastropodevolution,andhowmolluskshaveevolvedintosomanyspecies.TheconcludingtitleintheSmithsonianSeriesofComparativeEvolutionaryBiology,thisbookbringstogetherexpertsfromaroundtheworld.Eachexplorestheirtopicinawaythatrevealsnotonlytheevolutionaryhistoryofmollusks,butalsohowevolutionoperates.Anyoneseriouslyinterestedinlivingmollusks,fossilizedshells,orevolutionwillfindthisbooktobeaninvaluableresource.
作者简介
CharlesLydeardisanassociateprofessorintheDepartmentofBiologicalSciencesattheUniversityofAlabama.DavidLindbergisdirectoroftheUniversityofCaliforniaMuseumofPaleontology,professorofintegrativebiologyatUCBerkeley,andoneofthebestknownandrespectedmolluskresearchersintheworld.GeeratJ.VermeijistheauthorofPrivilegedHands.,,,,