Fins into limbs : evolution, development, and transformation / / edited by Brian K. Hall.

• Author: ProQuest (Firm)
• TeilnehmendeR: Hall, Brian Keith, 1941-; ProQuest (Firm)
• Year of Publication: 2007
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 433 p., [20] p. of plates :; ill. (some col.).
• Other title: Fins and limbs and fins into limbs : the historical context, 1840-1940 /; Skeletal changes in the transition from fins to limbs /; A historical perspective on the study of animal locomotion with fins and limbs /; Fins and limbs in the study of evolutionary novelties /; The development of fins and limbs /; Mechanisms of chondrogenesis and osteogenesis in fins /; Mechanisms of Chondrogenesis and osteogenesis in limbs /; Apoptosis in fin and limb development /; Joint formation /; Postnatal growth of fins and limbs through endochondral ossification /; Paired fin repair and regeneration /; Tetrapod limb regeneration /; Evolution of the appendicular skeleton of amphibians /; Limb diversity and digit reduction in reptilian evolution /; Limbs in mammalian evolution /; Skeletal adaptations for flight /; Adaptations for digging and burrowing /; Aquatic adaptations in the limbs of amniotes /; Sesamoids and ossicles in the appendicular skeleton /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. [343]-416) and index.
• ISBN: 0226313379 (pbk. : alk. paper); 9780226313375 (pbk. : alk. paper); 0226313360 (cloth : alk. paper); 9780226313368 (cloth : alk. paper)
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Brian K. Hall.