Table of Contents

Part A: Origin Evolution and Descent of Metazoan Animals and Classification
Evolutionary Descent of Metazoan Animals • Recent Trends in Animal Classification • Agnathostomes • Gnathostomes • Amphibia • Reptilia • Aves • Mammalia

Part B: Comparative Anatomy
Integumentary System • Skeletal System • Muscular System • Digestive System • Respiratory System • Circulatory System • Excretory System • Reproductive System • Nervous System • Receptor System • Endocrine System

Glossary • Index

About the Author

Dr R. K. Saxena is an Associate professor and has been teaching this subject at the University of Delhi since 1974. He is a member of Indian Society of Cell Biology and is still engaged in active research. He has to his credit a number of research publications in the field of ciliate biology.

Dr Sumitra Saxena, an Associate professor at S.G.T.B. Khalsa College, University of Delhi, has been teaching for the last forty years. Her research interests include Polytene Chromosomes in Chironomous. She has to her credit several research publications in the field of Cell and Molecular Biology.