Brains Through Time

A Natural History of Vertebrates

Inbunden, Engelska, 2020

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Beskrivning

When did the first vertebrates emerge, and how did they differ from their invertebrate ancestors? When did vertebrates evolve jaws, paired fins, pattern vision, or a neocortex? How have evolutionary innovations such as these impacted vertebrate behavior and success? Georg Striedter and Glenn Northcutt answer these fundamental questions about all major vertebrate lineages. Highlighting the key innovations of each major taxonomic group, they review how evolutionary changes in vertebrate genetics, anatomy, and physiology are reflected in the nervous system. This highly accessible book allows readers to explore a vast expanse of scientific knowledge, ranging from paleoecology to comparative molecular biology, sensory biology to neural circuit evolution, and fossil anatomy to animal behavior. Brains Through Time examines how vertebrate nervous systems evolved in conjunction with other organ systems and the planet's ecology. Surveying an enormous range of information on genes and proteins, sensory and motor systems, central neural circuits, physiology, and animal behavior, the authors reconstruct the major changes that occurred as vertebrates emerged and then diversified. In the process, readers are transported back in time to key stages of vertebrate evolution, notably the origin of vertebrates, the evolution of paired fins and jaws, the transition to life on land, and the origins of warm-blooded mammals and birds.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2020-03-26
Mått:178 x 257 x 30 mm
Vikt:1 457 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:540
Förlag:OUP USA
ISBN:9780195125689

Utforska kategorier

Medicinhistoria inom Medicin
Biovetenskap inom Naturvetenskap och teknik

Mer om författaren

Georg F. Striedter is Professor in the Department of Neurobiology and Behavior at the University of California, Irvine. He is the author of Neurobiology: A Functional Approach (2015) and Principles of Brain Evolution (2004).R. Glenn Northcutt is Professor in the Department of Neuroscience at the Unviersity of California, San Diego.

Recensioner i media

If widely read and studied (and I hope it will be), the book could lead to researchers formulating new theories about the relationships between the brain's structure and its function by, as the authors advocate, forging closer links between neuroscience and evolutionary biology... don't think that by reading the last chapter you'll get the gist and need not read the entire book. You do, cover to cover. Anything less and you're cheating yourself of a monumental pleasure and a rare opportunity to gain an invaluable education from what is, to my mind, a grand achievement.

Innehållsförteckning

Chapter 1 - Reconstructing History: Aims and Methodology1.1 - Comparative Approaches Outside of Biology 1.2 - The Comparative Method in Biology 1.3 - Comparative Approaches in Neurobiology 1.4 - The Importance of Natural History Chapter 2 - The origin of vertebrates: invertebrate chordates and cyclostomes2.1 - The Origins of Neurons and Nervous Systems 2.2 - Basal Vertebrates and their Closest Invertebrate Relatives2.3 - The Paleoecology of Early Chordates 2.4 - The Major Sense Organs of Early Vertebrates 2.5 - Movements and Motor Control 2.6 - Early Vertebrate Brains 2.7 - Developmental Mechanisms for Evolving a "New Head" 2.8 - The Question of Novelty in Evolution Chapter 3 - The origin of jaws and paired fins: the age of fishes3.1 - Extant Jawed Fishes and Their Brains3.2 - The Paleoecology of Early Gnathostomes3.3 - The Sense Organs of Early Gnathostomes3.4 - Gnathostome Movements and Motor Control3.5 - The Brains of Early Jawed Fishes3.6 - Evolutionary Changes in Telencephalic Connections3.7 - Functional Synthesis Chapter 4 - The Invasion of Land: Lobe-finned Fishes and Amphibians4.1 - The Lobe-finned Vertebrates4.2 - Challenges and Opportunities on Land4.3 - Sense Organs for Use on Land4.4 - Movement On Land4.5 - The Brains of Early Tetrapods4.6 - Functional Organization of Early Tetrapod Brains Chapter 5 - The Conquest of Land: Amniote Origins and the Age of Reptiles5.1 - Early Amniotes and Extant Sauropsids5.2 - Ecological Challenges for Early Amniotes5.3 - Enhanced Sense Organs5.4 - Changes in Motor Patterns and Control5.5 - Changes in the Brains of Sauropsids5.6 - Novel Forebrain Circuits and Functions Chapter 6 - The rise of endothermy: Mammals, but also birds6.1 - Extant Mammals6.2 - Stem Mammals6.3 - Synapsid Brain-body Scaling6.4 - Paleoecology, Physiology, and Behavior6.5 - Modified Sensory Abilities6.6 - Breathing, Chewing and Moving Around6.7 - Brain Enlargement and Reorganization Chapter 7 - Synthesis: Patterns and Principles7.1 - Major Transitions in Vertebrate Phylogeny7.2 - General Patterns of Evolutionary Change7.3 - Trends in the Evolution of Brain Size7.4 - The Evolution of Brain Region Size7.5 - Changes in the Basic Plan of Vertebrate Brains7.6 - Conclusion: Natural History through Time AppendixIndex