Includes bibliographical references (p. [343]-416) and index.

Fins and limbs and fins into limbs : the historical context, 1840-1940 / Peter J. Bowler -- Skeletal changes in the transition from fins to limbs / Michael I. Coates and Marcello Ruta -- A historical perspective on the study of animal locomotion with fins and limbs / Eliot G. Drucker and Adam P. Summers -- Fins and limbs in the study of evolutionary novelties / Gunter P. Wagner and Hans C. E. Larsson -- The development of fins and limbs / Mikiko Tanaka and Cheryl Tickle -- Mechanisms of chondrogenesis and osteogenesis in fins / P. Eckhard Witten and Ann Huysseune -- Mechanisms of Chondrogenesis and osteogenesis in limbs / Scott D. Weatherbee and Lee A. Niswander -- Apoptosis in fin and limb development / Vanessa Zuzarte-Luís and Juan M. Hurlé -- Joint formation / Charles W. Archer, Gary P. Dowthwaite, and Philippa Francis-West -- Postnatal growth of fins and limbs through endochondral ossification / Cornelia E. Farnum -- Paired fin repair and regeneration / Marie-Andrée Akimenko and Amanda Smith -- Tetrapod limb regeneration / David M. Gardiner and Susan V. Bryant -- Evolution of the appendicular skeleton of amphibians / Robert L. Carroll and Robert B. Holmes -- Limb diversity and digit reduction in reptilian evolution / Michael D. Shapiro, Neil H. Shubin, and Jason P. Downs -- Limbs in mammalian evolution / P. David Polly -- Skeletal adaptations for flight / Stephen M. Gatesy and Kevin M. Middleton -- Adaptations for digging and burrowing / Nathan J. Kley and Maureen Kearney -- Aquatic adaptations in the limbs of amniotes / J. G. M. Thewissen and Michael A. Taylor -- Sesamoids and ossicles in the appendicular skeleton / Matthew K. Vickaryous and Wendy M. Olson

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