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Fins Into Limbs: Evolution, Development, and Transformation - Softcover

 
9780226313375: Fins Into Limbs: Evolution, Development, and Transformation
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0226313379 ISBN 13: 9780226313375
Verlag: PAPERBACKSHOP UK IMPORT, 2007

Inhaltsangabe

Long ago, fish fins evolved into the limbs of land vertebrates and tetrapods. During this transition, some elements of the fin were carried over while new features developed. Lizard limbs, bird wings, and human arms and legs are therefore all evolutionary modifications of the original tetrapod limb.

A comprehensive look at the current state of research on fin and limb evolution and development, this volume addresses a wide range of subjects—including growth, structure, maintenance, function, and regeneration. Divided into sections on evolution, development, and transformations, the book begins with a historical introduction to the study of fins and limbs and goes on to consider the evolution of limbs into wings as well as adaptations associated with specialized modes of life, such as digging and burrowing.Fins into Limbs also discusses occasions when evolution appears to have been reversed—in whales, for example, whose front limbs became flippers when they reverted to the water—as well as situations in which limbs are lost, such as in snakes.

With contributions from world-renowned researchers, Fins into Limbs will be a font for further investigations in the changing field of evolutionary developmental biology.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Brian K. Hall is University Research Professor at Dalhousie University and fellow of the Centre for Human Biology at the University of Western Australia and the editor of the three-volume seriesThe Skull, also published by the University of Chicago Press.

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Verlag
PAPERBACKSHOP UK IMPORT
Erscheinungsdatum
2007
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0226313379
ISBN 13 
9780226313375
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
433
Herausgeber
Hall Brian K.
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