Muscles of Vertebrates: Comparative Anatomy, Evolution, Homologies and Development

Author	Rui Diogo , Virginia Abdala
Format	Hardcover
ISBN	9781578086825
Publication Date	15/07/2010
Publisher	Science Publishers

This book provides a detailed account of the comparative anatomy, development, homologies, and evolution of muscles in vertebrates. It includes hundreds of illustrations that show the homologies between muscles in all the major extant vertebrate taxa. It supplies a list of more than a thousand synonyms used by other authors to designate these muscles. It reviews data obtained in the fields of evolutionary developmental biology, molecular biology, and embryology, explaining how this data can help in understanding the evolution and homologies of muscles.

This book provides a detailed account of the comparative anatomy, development, homologies, and evolution of the head, neck, pectoral, and forelimb muscles of vertebrates. It includes hundreds of illustrations that show the homologies between the muscles of all the major extant vertebrate taxa. It supplies a list of more than a thousand synonyms used by other authors to designate these muscles. It reviews data obtained in the fields of evolutionary developmental biology, molecular biology, and embryology, explaining how this data can help in understanding the evolution and homologies of vertebrate muscles.