Bücher der Reihe Cambridge Studies in Morphology and Molecules: New Paradigms in Evolutionary Bio

Presents current advances in our understanding of carnivoran evolution with a cohesive series of cutting-edge studies that utilise new methodologies and new data, while also demonstrating how the mammalian order Carnivora is being used as a model group for addressing fundamental topics in biology and palaeontology.

Presenting some of the most remarkable discoveries and research involving living and fossil bats, this book explores their evolutionary history from a range of perspectives. Topics covered include paleontology and relationships of bats, the evolution and enhancement of echolocation, feeding ecology, population genetic structure, functional morphology and the fossil history.

Presenting some of the most remarkable discoveries and research involving living and fossil bats, this book explores their evolutionary history from a range of perspectives. Topics covered include paleontology and relationships of bats, the evolution and enhancement of echolocation, feeding ecology, population genetic structure, functional morphology and the fossil history.

Featuring contributions from leading researchers, this volume provides perspectives on how molecular biology can inform paleontology, directly and indirectly, to better understand life's past. Paleobiological questions such as genome size, digit homologies, genetic control cascades behind phenotype, estimates of vertebrate divergence dates, and rates of morphological evolution are addressed.