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Evolution of Shrews

Monograph
By: Jan M Wójcik(Editor), Mieczysław Wolsan(Editor)
458 pages, b/w illustrations, tables
Evolution of Shrews
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  • Evolution of Shrews ISBN: 9788390752105 Hardback Dec 1998 Not in stock: Usually dispatched within 2-4 weeks
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About this book

Shrews are among the most ancient of all living mammals. They are small and have rather unspecialized body plans, retained almost unchanged since they evolved about 45 million years ago. They appear to be extremely successful as a group in comparison to all other families of Insectivora: the living species of shrews represent approximately 80% of all insectivorans, which in turn make up some 10% of all mammmalian species extant today.

In spite of an apparent recent increase of interest in shrews and an impressive (and still accumulating) bibliography on the evolution of this fascinating group of mammals, there has been no comprehensive work that deals with current problems in shrew evolutionary research. This monograph aims to address that.

Contents

1. A classficiation of the fossil and recent shrews
2. Fossil history of shrews in Europe
3. Fossil history of shrews in Asia
4. Fossil history of shrews in Africa
5. Fossil history of shrews in North America
6. Dental adaptations in shrews
7. Chromosomal evolution in shrews
8. Chromosomal evolution: the case of Sorex araneus
9. Protein evolution in shrews
10. Mitochondrial DNA evolution in shrews
11. Evolution of energetic strategies in shrews
12. Evolution of social systems in shrews
13. Shrews mating systems

Appendix: A list of the living species of shrews
Taxonomic index

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Monograph
By: Jan M Wójcik(Editor), Mieczysław Wolsan(Editor)
458 pages, b/w illustrations, tables
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