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

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Year of Publication:2007
Language:English
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Physical Description:433 p., [20] p. of plates :; ill. (some col.).
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Table of Contents:
  • Fins and limbs and fins into limbs : the historical context, 1840-1940 / Peter J. Bowler
  • Skeletal changes in the transition from fins to limbs / Michael I. Coates and Marcello Ruta
  • A historical perspective on the study of animal locomotion with fins and limbs / Eliot G. Drucker and Adam P. Summers
  • Fins and limbs in the study of evolutionary novelties / Gunter P. Wagner and Hans C. E. Larsson
  • The development of fins and limbs / Mikiko Tanaka and Cheryl Tickle
  • Mechanisms of chondrogenesis and osteogenesis in fins / P. Eckhard Witten and Ann Huysseune
  • Mechanisms of Chondrogenesis and osteogenesis in limbs / Scott D. Weatherbee and Lee A. Niswander
  • Apoptosis in fin and limb development / Vanessa Zuzarte-Luis and Juan M. Hurle
  • Joint formation / Charles W. Archer, Gary P. Dowthwaite, and Philippa Francis-West
  • Postnatal growth of fins and limbs through endochondral ossification / Cornelia E. Farnum
  • Paired fin repair and regeneration / Marie-Andree Akimenko and Amanda Smith
  • Tetrapod limb regeneration / David M. Gardiner and Susan V. Bryant
  • Evolution of the appendicular skeleton of amphibians / Robert L. Carroll and Robert B. Holmes
  • Limb diversity and digit reduction in reptilian evolution / Michael D. Shapiro, Neil H. Shubin, and Jason P. Downs
  • Limbs in mammalian evolution / P. David Polly
  • Skeletal adaptations for flight / Stephen M. Gatesy and Kevin M. Middleton
  • Adaptations for digging and burrowing / Nathan J. Kley and Maureen Kearney
  • Aquatic adaptations in the limbs of amniotes / J. G. M. Thewissen and Michael A. Taylor
  • Sesamoids and ossicles in the appendicular skeleton / Matthew K. Vickaryous and Wendy M. Olson