Integrative and Comparative Biology

Introduction

Ruth Ann Dewel

New Perspectives on the Origin of Metazoan Complexity: An Introduction to the Symposium
Integr. Comp. Biol. 2003 43: 1-2; doi:10.1093/icb/43.1.1 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Regular Article

Werner E. G. Müller

The Origin of Metazoan Complexity: Porifera as Integrated Animals
Integr. Comp. Biol. 2003 43: 3-10; doi:10.1093/icb/43.1.3 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

David K. Jacobs and Ruth D. Gates

Developmental Genes and the Reconstruction of Metazoan Evolution—Implications of Evolutionary Loss, Limits on Inference of Ancestry and Type 2 Errors
Integr. Comp. Biol. 2003 43: 11-18; doi:10.1093/icb/43.1.11 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sally P. Leys

The Significance of Syncytial Tissues for the Position of the Hexactinellida in the Metazoa
Integr. Comp. Biol. 2003 43: 19-27; doi:10.1093/icb/43.1.19 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ruth Ann Dewel, Mary U. Connell, and William C. Dewel

Bridging Morphological Transitions to the Metazoa
Integr. Comp. Biol. 2003 43: 28-46; doi:10.1093/icb/43.1.28 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Reinhard M. Rieger and Peter Ladurner

The Significance of Muscle Cells for the Origin of Mesoderm in Bilateria
Integr. Comp. Biol. 2003 43: 47-54; doi:10.1093/icb/43.1.47 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Seth Tyler

Epithelium—The Primary Building Block for Metazoan Complexity
Integr. Comp. Biol. 2003 43: 55-63; doi:10.1093/icb/43.1.55 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Richard E. Michod and Aurora M. Nedelcu

On the Reorganization of Fitness During Evolutionary Transitions in Individuality
Integr. Comp. Biol. 2003 43: 64-73; doi:10.1093/icb/43.1.64 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Daniel W. McShea and Mark A. Changizi

Three Puzzles in Hierarchical Evolution
Integr. Comp. Biol. 2003 43: 74-81; doi:10.1093/icb/43.1.74 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Paulyn Cartwright

Developmental Insights into the Origin of Complex Colonial Hydrozoans
Integr. Comp. Biol. 2003 43: 82-86; doi:10.1093/icb/43.1.82 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Steven J. Hageman

Complexity Generated by Iteration of Hierarchical Modules in Bryozoa
Integr. Comp. Biol. 2003 43: 87-98; doi:10.1093/icb/43.1.87 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

James W. Valentine

Architectures of Biological Complexity
Integr. Comp. Biol. 2003 43: 99-103; doi:10.1093/icb/43.1.99 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ben Waggoner

The Ediacaran Biotas in Space and Time
Integr. Comp. Biol. 2003 43: 104-113; doi:10.1093/icb/43.1.104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jerzy Dzik

Anatomical Information Content in the Ediacaran Fossils and Their Possible Zoological Affinities
Integr. Comp. Biol. 2003 43: 114-126; doi:10.1093/icb/43.1.114 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kevin J. Peterson, Ben Waggoner, and James W. Hagadorn

A Fungal Analog for Newfoundland Ediacaran Fossils?
Integr. Comp. Biol. 2003 43: 127-136; doi:10.1093/icb/43.1.127 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Guillaume Balavoine and André Adoutte

The Segmented Urbilateria: A Testable Scenario
Integr. Comp. Biol. 2003 43: 137-147; doi:10.1093/icb/43.1.137 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lindell Bromham

What can DNA Tell us About the Cambrian Explosion?
Integr. Comp. Biol. 2003 43: 148-156; doi:10.1093/icb/43.1.148 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Graham E. Budd

The Cambrian Fossil Record and the Origin of the Phyla
Integr. Comp. Biol. 2003 43: 157-165; doi:10.1093/icb/43.1.157 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nicholas J. Butterfield

Exceptional Fossil Preservation and the Cambrian Explosion
Integr. Comp. Biol. 2003 43: 166-177; doi:10.1093/icb/43.1.166 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mary L. Droser and Seth Finnegan

The Ordovician Radiation: A Follow-up to the Cambrian Explosion?
Integr. Comp. Biol. 2003 43: 178-184; doi:10.1093/icb/43.1.178 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nigel C. Hughes

Trilobite Tagmosis and Body Patterning from Morphological and Developmental Perspectives
Integr. Comp. Biol. 2003 43: 185-206; doi:10.1093/icb/43.1.185 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ronald A. Jenner

Unleashing the Force of Cladistics? Metazoan Phylogenetics and Hypothesis Testing
Integr. Comp. Biol. 2003 43: 207-218; doi:10.1093/icb/43.1.207 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sören Jensen

The Proterozoic and Earliest Cambrian Trace Fossil Record; Patterns, Problems and Perspectives
Integr. Comp. Biol. 2003 43: 219-228; doi:10.1093/icb/43.1.219 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bruce S. Lieberman

Taking the Pulse of the Cambrian Radiation
Integr. Comp. Biol. 2003 43: 229-237; doi:10.1093/icb/43.1.229 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Book Review

A. O. Dennis Willows

Behavior and Its Neural Control in Gastropod Molluscs
Integr. Comp. Biol. 2003 43: 238; doi:10.1093/icb/43.1.238 [Full Text] [PDF]  

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