Muscles of Vertebrates: Comparative Anatomy, Evolution, Homologies and Development - Hardcover

Diogo, Rui; Abdala, Virginia

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1578086825 ISBN 13: 9781578086825

Verlag: CRC Press, 2010

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The Vertebrata is one of the most speciose groups of animals, comprising more than 58,000 living species. This book provides a detailed account on the comparative anatomy, development, homologies and evolution of the head, neck, pectoral and forelimb muscles of vertebrates. It includes hundreds of illustrations, as well as numerous tables showing the homologies between the muscles of all the major extant vertebrate taxa, including lampreys, elasmobranchs, hagfish, coelacanths, dipnoans, actinistians, teleosts, halecomorphs, ginglymodians, chondrosteans, caecilians, anurans, urodeles, turtles, lepidosaurs, crocodylians, birds, and mammals such as monotremes, rodents, tree-shrews, flying lemurs and primates, including modern humans. It also provides a list of more than a thousand synonyms that have been used by other authors to designate these muscles in the literature. Importantly, it also reviews data obtained in the fields of evolutionary developmental biology, molecular biology and embryology, and explains how this data helps to understand the evolution and homologies of vertebrate muscles.

The book will useful to students, teachers, and researchers working in fields such as functional morphology, ecomorphology, evolutionary developmental biology, zoology, molecular biology, evolution, and phylogeny. As the book includes crucial information about the anatomy, development, homologies, evolution and muscular abnormalities of our own species, Homo sapiens, it will also be helpful to physicians and medical students.

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Rui Diogo is a multi award-winning researcher, speaker and writer. Worldwide, he is renowned for addressing broader scientific questions and societal issues using empirical data from many different fields of science. He obtained his Bachelor's degree in Biology from the University of Aveiro, Portugal, and a PhD at the University of Liege, Belgium. This was followed up with a postdoc. at King's College London, and a Master's and PhD at the Department of Biology at George Washington University, US.A wanderer as well as a wonderer, he has conducted research, given speeches, and travelled to more than 120 countries. He is the author of more than 150 papers in top journals and 20 books, including: "Learning and Understanding Human Anatomy and Pathology," - a textbook that is used in several medical schools globally - "Evolution Driven by Organismal Behavior" - listed amongst the ten best evolutionary books of 2017 - and the highly acclaimed "Meaning of Life, Human Nature, and Delusions."

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2010
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1578086825
• ISBN 13: 9781578086825
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 482
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