Fish Evolution and Systematics: Evidence from Spermatozoa: With a Survey of Lophophorate, Echinoderm and Protochordate Sperm and an Account of Gamete Cryopreservation

Jamieson, Barrie G. M.

ISBN 10: 0521292565 / ISBN 13: 9780521292566

Published by Cambridge University Press, 2011

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A detailed 1991 synthesis of the two fields of fish spermatology and fish systematics. Num Pages: 334 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PSVW1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 189 x 18. Weight in Grams: 600. . 2011. Reissue. paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Fish Evolution and Systematics: Evidence from Spermatozoa: With a Survey of Lophophorate, Echinoderm and Protochordate Sperm and an Account of Gamete Cryopreservation
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521292565
• ISBN 13: 9780521292566
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

In this 1991 book, Professor Jamieson masterfully brings together the literature on fish spermatozoa and voluminous work on the evolutionary history of fishes to provide a detailed synthesis of the two fields of fish spermatology and fish systematics. The author begins by considering invertebrate phyla related to the chordates, and goes through the lower chordates and early fishes to the line leading to amphibians and to highest teleosts. His treatment provides a review of fish systematics based on the classical evidence of gross morphology in a cladistic framework and a critical integration of this with information on the degree to which spermatozoa support of conflict with the various hypotheses of relationship. Additionally, Professor Jamieson is joined by Luke K. -P. Leung to give a review of the principles of biological cryopreservation and of the live preservation of fish gametes.

Book Description

In this 1991 book, Professor Jamieson masterfully brings together the literature on fish spermatozoa and voluminous work on the evolutionary history of fishes to provide a detailed synthesis of the two fields of fish spermatology and fish systematics.