Introduction
Brian K. Hall
Part I. Evolution
1. Fins and Limbs and Fins into Limbs: The Historical Context, 1840–1940
Peter J. Bowler
2. Skeletal Changes in the Transition from Fins to Limbs
Michael I. Coates and Marcello Ruta
3. A Historical Perspective on the Study of Animal Locomotion with Fins and Limbs
Eliot G. Drucker and Adam P. Summers
4. Fins and Limbs in the Study of Evolutionary Novelties
Gunter P. Wagner and Hans C. E. Larsson
Part II. Development
5. The Development of Fins and Limbs
Mikiko Tanaka and Cheryl Tickle
6. Mechanisms of Chondrogenesis and Osteogenesis in Fins
P. Eckhard Witten and Ann Huysseune
7. Mechanisms of Chondrogenesis and Osteogenesis in Limbs
Scott D. Weatherbee and Lee A. Niswander
8. Apoptosis in Fin and Limb Development
Vanessa Zuzarte-Luís and Juan M. Hurlé
9. Joint Formation
Charles W. Archer, Gary P. Dowthwaite, and Philippa Francis-West
10. Postnatal Growth of Fins and Limbs through Endochondral Ossification
Cornelia E. Farnum
11. Paired Fin Repair and Regeneration
Marie-Andrée Akimenko and Amanda Smith
12. Tetrapod Limb Regeneration
David M. Gardiner and Susan V. Bryant
Part III. Transformation
13. Evolution of the Appendicular Skeleton of Amphibians
Robert L. Carroll and Robert B. Holmes
14. Limb Diversity and Digit Reduction in Reptilian Evolution
Michael D. Shapiro, Neil H. Shubin, and Jason P. Downs
15. Limbs in Mammalian Evolution
P. David Polly
16. Skeletal Adaptations for Flight
Stephen M. Gatesy and Kevin M. Middleton
17. Adaptations for Digging and Burrowing
Nathan J. Kley and Maureen Kearney
18. Aquatic Adaptations in the Limbs of Amniotes
J. G. M. Thewissen and Michael A. Taylor
19. Sesamoids and Ossicles in the Appendicular Skeleton
Matthew K. Vickaryous and Wendy M. Olson
References
Contributors
Index