[PDF] Annelids in Modern Biology

Annelids offer a diversity of experimentally accessible features making them a rich?experimental?subject?across the biological sciences, including?evolutionary development, neurosciences?and stem cell research.?
This volume introduces the Annelids and their utility in evolutionary developmental biology, neurobiology, and environmental/ecological studies, including extreme environments. The book demonstrates the variety of fields in which Annelids are already proving to be a useful experimental system.?Describing the utility of Annelids as a research model, this book?is an invaluable resource for all researchers in the field.Content:
Chapter 1 Developing Models for Lophotrochozoan and Annelid Biology (pages 1?12): Kenneth M. Halanych and Elizabeth Borda
Chapter 2 Annelid Phylogeny?Molecular Analysis with an Emphasis on Model Annelids (pages 13?30): Christoph Bleidorn
Chapter 3 Cryptic Speciation in Clitellate Model Organisms (pages 31?46): Christer Erseus and Daniel Gustafsson
Chapter 4 Annelid Life Cycle Cultures (pages 47?62): Donald J. Reish and Bruno Pernet
Chapter 5 Annelids in Evolutionary Developmental Biology (pages 63?87): Dian?Han Kuo
Chapter 6 Evolution, Development and Ecology of Capitella sp. I: A Waxing Model for Polychaete Studies (pages 88?115): Susan D. Hill and Robert M. Savage
Chapter 7 Stem Cell Genesis and Differentiation in Leech (pages 116?132): Shirley A. Lang and Daniel H. Shain
Chapter 8 Cellular and Behavioral Properties of Learning in Leech and Other Annelids (pages 133?155): Kevin M. Crisp and Brian D. Burrell
Chapter 9 Development, Regeneration and Immune Responses of the Leech Nervous System (pages 156?184): Michel Salzet and Eduardo Macagno
Chapter 10 Lumbriculus variegatus and the Need for Speed: A Model System for Rapid Escape, Regeneration and Asexual Reproduction (pages 185?202): Mark J. Zoran and Veronica G. Martinez
Chapter 11 Polychaetes in Environmental Studies (pages 203?227): Victoria Diaz?Castaneda and Donald J. Reish
Chapter 12 Oligochaete Worms for Ecotoxicological Assessment of Soils and Sediments (pages 228?241): Jorg Rombke and Philipp Egeler
Chapter 13 Evolution and Ecology of Ophryotrocha (Dorvilleidae, Eunicida) (pages 242?256): Daniel J. Thornhill, Thomas G. Dahlgren and Kenneth M. Halanych
Chapter 14 Cosmopolitan Earthworms?A Global and Historical Perspective (pages 257?283): Robert J. Blakemore
Chapter 15 Hydrothermal Vent Annelids (pages 285?300): Florence Pradillon and Francoise Gaill
Chapter 16 Glacier Ice Worms (pages 301?313): Paula L. Hartzell and Daniel H. Shain
Chapter 17 Sperm Ultrastructure in Assessing Phylogenetic Relationships among Clitellate Annelids (pages 314?327): Roberto Marotta and Marco Ferraguti
Chapter 18 Clitellate Cocoons and their Secretion (pages 328?346): Jon’elle Coleman and Daniel H. Shain