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Amniote Origins - Completing the Transition to Land (Hardcover)
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Amniote Origins - Completing the Transition to Land (Hardcover)
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To escape the constraints of water-bound reproduction, the first
terrestrial vertebrates evolved a group of membranes that surround
and protect developing embryos. The "amnion" is one of these
membranes. It surrounds and protects in amniotic fluid, the
developing embryos of birds, reptiles and mammals. Terrestrial
vertebrates began to diversify and exploit their new habitats when
the need to reproduce in water no longer dictated the course of
their lives. Occurring in conjunction with this reproductive
freedom was the evolution of non-permeable skin (to avoid cutaneous
water loss), different less toxic forms of nitrogen waste and more
efficient forms of locomotion and feeding. This text gives a
detailed treatment of these and other changes that occurred as
vertebrates completed the transition from aquatic to terrestrial
life. It integrates modern systematic methods with studies of
functional and physiological processes, and illustrates how studies
of paleobiology can be illuminated by studies of neontology.
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