The Skull, Volume 1: Development

by James Hanken (Editor), Brian K. Hall (Editor)

Overview

In this authoritative three-volume reference work, leading researchers bring together current work to provide a comprehensive analysis of the comparative morphology, development, evolution, and functional biology of the skull.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780226315676
Publisher:	University of Chicago Press
Publication date:	09/15/1993
Series:	Skull Series , #1
Edition description:	1
Pages:	602
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.40(d)

About the Author

Brian K. Hall is University Research Professor at Dalhousie University and fellow of the Centre for Human Biology at the University of Western Australia and the editor of the three-volume series The Skull, also published by the University of Chicago Press.

Table of Contents

Volume 1 - Development
General Introduction by James Hanken and Brian K. Hall
Preface by James Hanken and Brian K. Hall
1. Axis Specification and Head Induction in Vertebrate Embryos
Richard P. Elinson and Kenneth R. Kao
2. Somitomeres: Mesodermal Segments of the Head and Trunk
Antone G. Jacobson
3. Pattern Formation and the Neutral Crest
Robert M. Langille and Brian K. Hall
4. Deifferentiation and Morphogenesis of Cranial Skeletal Tissues
Peter Thorogood
5. Epigenetic and Functional Influences on Skull Growth
Susan W. Herring
6. Genetic and Developmental Aspects of Variability in the Mammalian Mandible
William R. Atchley
7. Developmental-Genetic Analysis of Skeletal Mutants
David R. Johnson
8. Metamorphosis and the Vertebrate Skull: Ontogenetic Patterns and Developmental Mechanisms
Christopher S. Rose and John O. Reiss
9. Preconception of Adult Structural Pattern in the Analysis of the Developing Skull
Robert Presley
10. Bibliography of Skull Development, 1937-89
Brian K. Hall and James Hanken
List of Contributors
Index

Editorial Reviews

This is the second of three volumes providing a comprehensive analysis of the comparative morphology, development, evolution, and functional biology of the vertebrate skull. Volume 2 addresses the phylogenetic origin of the skull, its fundamental structure and histology, and patterns of cranial diversity in extant classes. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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