In The Invertebrate Tree of Life, Gonzalo Giribet and Gregory Edgecombe, leading authorities on invertebrate biology and paleontology, utilize phylogenetics to trace the evolution of animals from their origins in the Proterozoic to today. Phylogenetic relationships between and within the major animal groups are based on the latest molecular analyses. The authors review the systematics, natural history, anatomy, development, and fossil records of all major animal groups, employing seminal historical works and cutting-edge research in evolutionary developmental biology, genomics, and advanced imaging techniques. 609 p.

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• Gonzalo Giribert. Alexander Agassiz Professor of Zoology in the Museum of Comparative Zoology; and Professor or Organismic and Evolutionary Biology. Harvard University, Cambridge, MA (USA).
• Gregory D. Edgecombe. Merit Researcher at the National History Museum, London (UK).
  
   
• Publication date (electronic format): 2020-03 - Princeton University Press.