Fins into Limbs - Evolution, Development and Transformation

Introduction 1(6) Brian K. Hall Part I. Evolution Fins and Limbs and Fins into Limbs: The Historical Context, 1840--1940 7(8) Peter J. Bowler Skeletal Changes in the Transition from Fins to Limbs 15(24) Michael I. Coates Marcello Ruta A Historical Perspective on the Study of Animal Locomotion with Fins and Limbs 39(10) Eliot G. Drucker Adam P. Summers Fins and Limbs in the Study of Evolutionary Novelties 49(16) Gunter P. Wagner Hans C. E. Larsson Part II. Development The Development of Fins and Limbs 65(14) Mikiko Tanaka Cheryll Tickle Mechanisms of Chondrogenesis and Osteogenesis in Fins 79(14) P. Eckhard Witten Ann Huysseune Mechanisms of Chondrogenesis and Osteogenesis in Limbs 93(10) Scott D. Weatherbee Lee A. Niswander Apoptosis in Fin and Limb Development 103(6) Vanessa Zuzarte-Luis Juan M. Hurle Joint Formation 109(9) Charles W. Archer Gary P. Dowthwaite Philippa Francis-West Postnatal Growth of Fins and Limbs through Endochondral Ossification 118(34) Cornelia E. Farnum Paired Fin Repair and Regeneration 152(11) Marie-Andree Akimenko Amanda Smith Tetrapod Limb Regeneration 163(22) David M. Gardiner Susan V. Bryant Part III. Transformation Evolution of the Appendicular Skeleton of Amphibians 185(40) Robert L. Carroll Robert B. Holmes Limb Diversity and Digit Reduction in Reptilian Evolution 225(20) Michael D. Shapiro Neil H. Shubin Jason P. Downs Limbs in Mammalian Evolution 245(24) P. David Polly Skeletal Adaptations for Flight 269(15) Stephen M. Gatesy Kevin M. Middleton Adaptations for Digging and Burrowing 284(26) Nathan J. Kley Maureen Kearney Aquatic Adaptations in the Limbs of Amniotes 310(13) J. G. M. Thewissen Michael A. Taylor Sesamoids and Ossicles in the Appendicular Skeleton 323(20) Matthew K. Vickaryous Wendy M. Olson References 343(74) Contributors 417(4) Index 421