Major transitions in vertebrate evolution / edited by Jason S. Anderson and Hans-Dieter Sues.

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Anderson, Jason S., 1956-, Sues, Hans-Dieter, 1956-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2007.
Series:	Life of the past
Subjects:	Vertebrates > Evolution.
Online Access:	Table of contents only

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgments
Introduction : Studying evolutionary transitions among vertebrates / Hans-Dieter Sues and Jason S. Anderson
1. Plasticity of and transitions between skeletal tissues in vertebrate evolution and development / Brian K. Hall and P. Eckhard Witten
2. Homologies and evolutionary transitions in early vertebrate history / Philippe Janvier
3. Paired fins of jawless vertebrates and their homologies across the "agnathan"-gnathostome transition / Mark V.H. Wilson, Gavin F. Hanke and Tiiu Märss
4. MODEs of developmental evolution : an example with the origin and definition of the autopodium / Hans C.E. Larsson
5. Incorporating ontogeny into the matrix : a phylogenetic evaluation of developmental evidence for the origin of modern amphibians / Jason S. Anderson
6. The cranial anatomy of basal diadectomorphs and the origin of amniotes / Robert R. Reisz
7. Snake phylogeny, origins, and evolution : the role, impact, and importance of fossils (1869-2006) / Michael W. Caldwell
8. The beginnings of birds : recent discoveries, ongoing arguments, and new directions / Luis M. Chiappe and Gareth J. Dyke
9. Successive diversifications in early mammalian evolution / Zhe-Xi Luo
10. The terrestrial to aquatic transition in Cetacea / Mark D. Uhen
Contributors
Index.

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