The Origin Of Higher Clades: Osteology, Myology, Phylogeny And Evolution Of Bony Fishes And The Rise Of Tetrapods
by Rui Diogo /
2008 / English / PDF
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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.
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.
