Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface ix
4. Chapter 1. What Is a Vertebrate? 1
5. Chapter 2. Shaking the Tree 15
6. Chapter 3. Embryology and Phylogeny 27
7. Chapter 4. Hox and Homology 41
8. Chapter 5. What Is a Deuterostome? 51
9. Chapter 6. Echinoderms 55
10. Chapter 7. Hemichordates 65
11. Chapter 8. Amphioxus 75
12. Chapter 9. Tunicates 85
13. Chapter 10. Vertebrates 101
14. Chapter 11. Some Non- deuterostomes 117
15. Chapter 12. Vertebrates from the Outside, In 123
16. Chapter 13. How Many Sides Has a Chicken? 165
17. Chapter 14. Some Fossil Forms 179
18. Chapter 15. Breaking Branches, Building Bridges 201
19. Notes 225
20. References 251
21. Index 297