978-1-57808-500-2
Development of Non-teleost Fishes
Edited by Yvette W Kunz, Carl A. Luer and B.G. Kapoor
Editorial: Science Publishers Fecha de publicación: 08/01/2009 Páginas: 309Formato: Hardback 229 x 152 mm
An up-to-date compilation of the development of non-teleost fishes has so far been unavailable. These fishes include the jawless fishes (hagfish and lampreys), the cartilaginous fishes (sharks, rays, skates and chimaeras), the forerunners of the teleostei: the cladistia (bichirs and reedfish), the chondrostei (sturgeon and paddlefish, the neopterygii (gar pike and bowfin), and, finally, the closest relations to the tetrapods: the lungfishes (the coelacanh [?living fossil?], Protopterus of Africa, Lepidosiren of South America and Neoceratodus of Australia). Therefore, the present volume has been devoted to closing the gap by an up-to-date scientific review of the early life-history of these non-teleost fishes (agnathi excepted).
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Developmental Biology
Marine & Aquatic Science
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