| Development, Growth, and Evolution: Implications for the Study of the Hominid Skeleton Contributor(s): O'Higgins, Paul, Cohn, Martin J. |
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ISBN: 0125249659 ISBN-13: 9780125249652 Publisher: Academic Press OUR PRICE: $156.75 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2000 Annotation: This book presents a synthesis of the modern approaches to the study of ontogeny and the interpretation of the fossil evidence for human origins. Recent years have seen significant developments in the understanding of the regulation of embryonic pattern formation and skeletal adaptation, and in techniques for the visualizations and analysis of ontogenetic transformations, offering the prospect of understanding the mechanisms underpinning phylogenetic transformation in the skeleton. Advances in developmental biology, molecular genetics, biomechanics, microscopy, imaging and morphometrics are brought to bear on the subject. Key Features * Reviews important hot subject areas * Juxtaposes contributions by developmental biologists and those by evolutionary morphologists * Makes some bold insights; synthesizes development and evolution |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Life Sciences - Evolution - Science | Life Sciences - Developmental Biology - Science | Life Sciences - Zoology - General |
| Dewey: 599.9 |
| Series: Linnean Society Symposium Series |
| Physical Information: 0.78" H x 7.3" W x 10.39" (1.78 lbs) 288 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book presents a synthesis of the modern approaches to the study of ontogeny and the interpretation of the fossil evidence for human origins. Recent years have seen significant developments in the understanding of the regulation of embryonic pattern formation and skeletal adaptation, and in techniques for the visualizations and analysis of ontogenetic transformations, offering the prospect of understanding the mechanisms underpinning phylogenetic transformation in the skeleton. Advances in developmental biology, molecular genetics, biomechanics, microscopy, imaging and morphometrics are brought to bear on the subject. |