The Origin of Higher Clades - Osteology, Myology, Phylogeny and Evolution of Bony Fishes and the Rise of Tetrapods (Hardcover)

The book provides insight on the osteology, myology, phylogeny and evolution of Osteichthyes. It not only provides an extensive cladistic analysis of osteichthyan higher-level inter-relationships based on a phylogenetic comparison of 356 characters in 80 extant and fossil terminal taxa representing all major groups of Osteichthyes, but also analyses various terminal taxa and osteological characters. And also provides a general discussion on issues such as the comparative anatomy, homologies and evolution of osteichthyan cranial and pectoral muscles, the development of zebrafish cephalic muscles and the implications for evolutionary developmental studies, the origin homologies and evolution of one of the most peculiar and enigmatic structural complexes of osteichthyans, the Weberian apparatus, and the use of myological versus osteological characters in phylogenetic reconstructions.

General

Imprint:	Crc Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	September 2018
First published:	2008
Authors:	Rui Diogo
Dimensions:	234 x 156mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	388
ISBN-13:	978-1-138-45355-5
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > General
LSN:	1-138-45355-2
Barcode:	9781138453555

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