Vertebrate
Functional Morphology
Horizon of Research
in the 21st Century
H.M. Dutta and J.S. Datta Munshi (eds.)
ISBN 978-1-57808-098-4; 2000; 500 Pages; US $ 154.60
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deals with important systems starting from lower vertebrates to mammals,
this book covers topics including morphological, biochemical and molecular
aspects of cartilages of the skeleton of sea lamprey, and more.
Contents:.
An introduction to Vertebrate Functional Morphology:
Pieter Dullemeijer.
The Cartilaginous Skeleton of the Sea Lamprey: A family of Non-collagen
based Cartilages:
Glenda M. Wright and Fred W. Keeley.
Evolutionary Transformations of the Respiratory Islets of Air-breathing
Organs in Teleostean Fishes:
J.S. Datta Munshi and George M. Hughes.
Morphology of a Fish Head:
Hiran M. Dutta. Functional
Aspects of a Morphology: Fish Respiration, Gulping, and Feeding:
Hiran
M. Dutta. Taste Organs in Lower Vertebrates: Morphology of
the Gustatory Organs in Fishes:
Michal Jakubowski and Krystyna Zuwala.
Functional Morphology and Evolution of the Feeding Apparatus in Squamates:
Kenneth V. Kardong and Vincent L. Bels. Taste Organs in
Lower Vertebrates: Morphology of the Taste Organs in Amphibia:
Krystyna
Zuwala and Michal Jakubowski. Development and
Ultrastructure of the Amphibian Lungs, Scanning and Transmission Electron
Microscopy Study:
Lucyna Goniakowska-Witalinska.
Reproductive Systems of Caudata Amphibia:
Ma Carmen.
Functional Morphology of the Woodpeckers Feeding Apparatus:
Walter Bock.
The Case of the Cockatoo Bill, Horse Hoof, Whale Baleen, and Turkey Beard:
Integument as a Model System to Explore the Concepts of Homology and
Non-homology:
Dominique Homberger. The Renal Structure
from Fishes to Birds:
H. Ditrich. Comparative
Morpho-functional Description of Animal Vessels:
Olga Gurina.
Functional Morphology of the Digestive System in Insectivora and Chiroptera:
Natalya F. Zhukova. Mammalian Reproduction: Form and
Function:
Amjad Hossain and Hiran M. Dutta.
3D-Reconstruction: An Auspicious Method in Morphological Research:
Johannes
Streicher
