TY  - BOOK
AU  - Holland,Peter W.H.
TI  - The animal kingdom: a very short introduction 
T2  - Very short introductions
SN  - 9780199593217
AV  - QL49 .H685 2011
U1  - 590 22
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Oxford, New York
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Animals
KW  - Zoology
KW  - Popular works
KW  - Evolution (Biology)
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 119-120) and index; What is an animal? -- Animal phyla -- The evolutionary tree of animals -- Basal animals : sponges, corals, and jellyfish -- The bilaterians : building a body -- Lophotrochozoa : wondrous worms -- Ecdysozoa : insects and nematodes -- Deuterostomes I : starfish, sea squirts and amphioxus -- Deuterostomes II : the rise of vertebrates -- Deuterostomes III : vertebrates on land -- Enigmatic animals
N2  - Molecular biology has revolutionized our understanding of animals and their evolution. In this Very Short Introduction, Peter Holland provides an authoritative summary of the modern view of animal life, its origins, and the new classification resulting from DNA studies
ER  -