On Apr 1, 2004, at 10:08 PM, Ken Hayes wrote:
> teach them to be integrative biologists. Combining
> molecular concepts with knowledge of the amazing world of
> invertebrates is an
> exciting field of study.
I completely agree with Ken about this. Part of the problem is the texts
for invertebrate biology. Brusca and Brusca and Ruppert, Fox and
Barnes have recently released new additions. Both fail to adequately
incorporate much of the recent molecular phylogenetic data or the realm
of evo-devo and are not really integrative. There is a lot of value to the
straight function morphology approach and many of use find it
fascinating, but it is not capturing the students that it use to.
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Kenneth M. Halanych
Marine Biology Coordinator
Life Sciences Department
Rouse 101
Auburn University
Auburn, AL 36849
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Friday Harbor Evolution of Developmental Mechanisms Class 2001
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