Muscles of Chordates : Development, Homologies, and Evolution

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"Chordates comprise all vertebrates plus a variety of unfamilar, distantly related and crucially important lineages (sea squirts, acorn worms, others). This book will be the first volume to synthesize and summarize what is known of the organization, development, homology and evolution of the muscles of all chordate animals. Muscles as different as those used by sea squirts and for human facial expression will be included. For the first time muscles of the entire body and both the pectoral and pelvic regions will be reviewed."--Provided by publisher. Read more... Abstract: "Chordates comprise all vertebrates plus a variety of unfamilar, distantly related and crucially important lineages (sea squirts, acorn worms, others). This book will be the first volume to synthesize and summarize what is known of the organization, development, homology and evolution of the muscles of all chordate animals. Muscles as different as those used by sea squirts and for human facial expression will be included. For the first time muscles of the entire body and both the pectoral and pelvic regions will be reviewed."--Provided by publisher Content: Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents Preface About the Authors Acknowledgments Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Methodology Biological Material Nomenclature Phylogeny and Homology Chapter 3: Non-Vertebrate Chordates and the Origin of the Muscles of Vertebrates Ciona Intestinalis and Branchiostoma Floridae as Examples of Urochordates and Cephalochordates Evolution and Homology of Chordate Muscles Based on Developmental and Anatomical Studies Recent Findings on the "New Head Hypothesis" and the Origin of Vertebrates Development and Evolution of Chordate Muscles and the Origin of Head Muscles of VertebratesGeneral Remarks Chapter 4: General Discussion on the Early Evolution of the Vertebrate Cephalic Muscles General Remarks Chapter 5: Cephalic Muscles of Cyclostomes and Chondrichthyans Myxine Glutinosa: Atlantic Hagfish Petromyzon Marinus: Sea Lamprey Hydrolagus Colliei: Spotted Ratfish Squalus Acanthias: Spiny Dogfish Leucoraja Erinacea: Little Skate Evolution of Cephalic Muscles in Phylogenetically Basal Vertebrates Metamorphosis, Life History, Development, Muscles, and Chordate Early EvolutionGeneral Remarks Chapter 6: Cephalic Muscles of Actinopterygians and Basal Sarcopterygians Mandibular Muscles Hyoid Muscles Branchial Muscles Hypobranchial Muscles General Remarks Chapter 7: Development of Cephalic Muscles in Chondrichthyans and Bony Fishes General Remarks Chapter 8: Head and Neck Muscle Evolution from Sarcopterygian Fishes to Tetrapods, with a Special Focus on Mammals Origin and Evolution of the Mammalian Mandibular Muscles Hyoid Muscles Branchial, Pharyngeal, and Laryngeal Muscles Hypobranchial MusclesEmblematic Example of the Remarkable Diversity and Evolvability of the Mammalian Head: The Evolution of Primate Facial Expression Muscles, with Notes on the Notion of a Scala Naturae General Remarks Chapter 9: Head and Neck Muscles of Amphibians Mandibular Muscles Hyoid Muscles Branchial Muscles Hypobranchial Muscles General Remarks Chapter 10: Head and Neck Muscles of Reptiles Mandibular Muscles Hyoid Muscles Branchial Muscles Hypobranchial Muscles General Remarks Chapter 11: Development of Cephalic Muscles in Tetrapods Development of Mandibular Muscles Development of Hyoid MusclesDevelopment of Branchial Muscles Development of Hypobranchial Muscles Development of Cephalic Muscles in the Axolotl in a Broader Comparative Text General Remarks Chapter 12: Pectoral and Pelvic Girdle and Fin Muscles of Chondrichthyans and Pectoral-Pelvic Nonserial Homology Muscles of Paired Appendages of Squalus Acanthias Muscles of Paired Appendages of Leucoraja Erinacea Muscles of Paired Appendages of Hydrolagus Colliei Plesiomorphic Configuration for Chondrichthyans and Evolution of the Cucullaris Forelimb-Hindlimb Serial Homology Dogma