Evolutionary Origin of Sensory and Neurosecretory Cell Types

Gerhard Schlosser is Lecturer Above The Bar in the Department of Zoology at the National University of Ireland in Galway. He has received two PhD's - the first in Philosphy from the Albert-ludwigs-Universität Freiberg and the second in Biology from the University of Bremen. After two postdocs - one at University of Bremen and another at the University of California in San Diego - he joined the faculty at the National University of Ireland. He is the author or co-author of dozens of peer reviewed journal articles.

• PrefaceChapter 1 The evolutionary origin of vertebratesChapter 2 Teaching old cells new tricksChapter 3 Evolution of mechano- and chemosensory cell typesChapter 4 Evolution of photosensory cell typesChapter 5 Evolution of neurosecretory cell typesChapter 6 Evolutionary origin of vertebrate cranial placodes