Evolution and Development of Fishes

ISBN-13: 9781107179448 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 280 str.

Zerina Johanson; Charlie Underwood; Martha Richter

Opis

World-class palaeontologists and biologists summarise the state-of-the-art on fish evolution and development.

Recenzje

'Overall, this book is a valuable contribution to the literature that provides thoughtful and comprehensive coverage of key topics in the evolution and development of fishes, both extant and extinct.' Jacqueline F. Webb, The Quarterly Review of Biology

Spis treści

Introduction Zerina Johanson, Martha Richter and Charlie Underwood; 1. The evolution of fishes through geological time John A. Long, Brian Choo and Alice Clement; 2. Comparative development of Cyclostomes Tetsuto Miyashita, Stephen A. Green and Marianne E. Bronner; 3. The ordovician enigma: fish, first appearances and phylogenetic controversies Ivan J. Sansom and Plamen Andreev; 4. The evolution of vertebrate dermal jaw bones in the light of maxillate placoderms You-An Zhu, Per A. Ahlberg and Min Zhu; 5. Doliodus and pucapampellids: contrasting perspectives on stem chondrichthyan morphology John G. Maisey, Philippe Janvier, Alan Pradel, John S. S. Denton, Allison Bronson, Randall Miller and Carole J. Burrow; 6. The evolution of endoskeletal mineralisation in chondrichthyan fish: development, cells and molecules Melanie Debiais-Thibaud; 7. Plasticity and variation of skeletal cells and tissues and the evolutionary development of actinopterygian fishes Brian K. Hall and P. Eckhard Witten; 8. Origin, development and evolution of the fish skull Martha Richter and Charlie Underwood; 9. Evolution, development and regeneration of fish dentitions Gareth J. Fraser and Alex P. Thiery; 10. Development of head muscles in fishes and notes on phylogeny-ontogeny links: a basis for evo-devo and developmental research on fish muscles Janine M. Ziermann and Rui Diogo; 11. Evolutionary development of the postcranial and appendicular skeleton in fishes Jürgen Kriwet and Cathrin Pfaff; 12. Evolution of vertebrate reproduction Kate Trinajstic, Catherine Boisvert, John A. Long and Zerina Johanson; 13. Links between thyroid hormone alterations and developmental changes in the evolution of the Weberian apparatus Fedor N. Shkil and Daria V. Kapitanova; 14. Pharyngeal remodelling in vertebrate evolution Anthony Graham and Victoria Shone; 15. Evolution of air breathing and lung distribution among fossil fishes Camilla Cupello, Gäel Clément and Paulo M. Brito; Index.