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Bones and Cartilage
Elsevier Science 2005; US$ 132.95Bones and Cartilage provides the most in-depth review ever assembled on the topic. It examines the function, development and evolution of bone and cartilage as tissues, organs and skeletal systems. It describes how bone and cartilage is developed in embryos and are maintained in adults, how bone reappears when we break a leg, or even regenerates when... more...
Fins into Limbs
University of Chicago Press 2008; US$ 38.00Long 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... more...
The Neural Crest and Neural Crest Cells in Vertebrate Development and Evolution
Springer 2008; US$ 79.99Offers a presentation of various aspects of neural crest cell origins development and evolution; neural crest cell behavior and anomalies that arise from defective neural crest development. This book discusses the origins of the neural crest in embryology using the information on the molecular basis of the specification of the neural crest. more...
Homology
Elsevier Science 1994; US$ 97.95Homology, the similarity between organisms that is due to common ancestry, is the central concept of all comparative biology. However, the application of this concept varies depending on the data being examined. This volume represents a state-of-the-art treatment of the different applications of this unifying concept. Chapters deal with homology on... more...
Variation
Elsevier Science 2011; US$ 97.95Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection was based on the observation that there is variation between individuals within the same species. This fundamental observation is a central concept in evolutionary biology. However, variation is only rarely treated directly. It has remained peripheral to the study of mechanisms of evolutionary change.... more...
Epigenetics
University of California Press 2011; US$ 85.00Illuminating the processes and patterns that link genotype to phenotype, epigenetics seeks to explain features, characters, and developmental mechanisms that can only be understood in terms of interactions that arise above the level of the gene. With chapters written by leading authorities, this volume offers a broad integrative survey of epigenetics.... more...
On the Nature of Limbs
University of Chicago Press 2008; US$ 22.50The most prominent naturalist in Britain before Charles Darwin, Richard Owen made empirical discoveries and offered theoretical innovations that were crucial to the proof of evolution. Among his many lasting contributions to science was the first clear definition of the term homology—“the same organ in different animals under every variety... more...
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