Rui Diogo, Virginia Abdala

Muscles of Vertebrates

Comparative Anatomy, Evolution, Homologies and Development

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book provides a detailed account of the comparative anatomy, development, homologies, and evolution of the head, neck, pectoral, and forelimb muscles of vertebrates. It includes hundreds of illustrations that show the homologies between the muscles of all the major extant vertebrate taxa and supplies a list of more than a thousand synonyms used by other authors to designate these muscles. It reviews data obtained in the fields of evolutionary developmental biology, molecular biology, and embryology, and explains how this data can help in understanding the evolution and homologies of vertebrate muscles.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Longman Publishing Group
• Seitenzahl: 494
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Juli 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 866g
• ISBN-13: 9781578086825
• ISBN-10: 1578086825
• Artikelnr.: 31847779

Autorenporträt

Rui Diogo: Dept of Anthropology, George Washington University, USA Virginia Abdala: Professor, Universidad Nacional de Tucumán, Argentina

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction and Aims. Methodology and Material. Muscles of
Non-Osteichthyan Vertebrates. Head and Neck Muscles of Actinopterygians and
Basal Sarcopterygians. From Sarcopterygian Fish to Modern Humans: Head and
Neck Muscles. Head and Neck Muscles of Amphibians. Head and Neck Muscles of
Reptiles. Pectoral and Pectoral Fin Muscles of Actinopterygian and
Sarcopterygian Fishes. From Sarcopterygian Fish to Modern Humans: Pectoral
and Forelimb Muscles. Pectoral and Forelimb Muscles of Limbed Amphibians
and Reptiles. General Comments.