| 书目名称 | The Vertebrate IntegumentVolume 1 |
| 副标题 | Origin and Evolution |
| 编辑 | Theagarten Lingham-Soliar |
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| 概述 | 400 million years in the structural and mechanical history of the largest organ of the body the skin.Many parts of the book are largely based on the authors own research in both neontology and paleont |
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| 描述 | .The vertebrate integument arose about 450 million years ago as an ‘armour’ of dermal bony plates in small, jawless fish-like creatures, informally known as the ostracoderms. This book reviews the major changes that have occurred in the vertebrate integument from its beginnings to the present day. Critical questions concerning the origin, structure and functional biology of the bony integument are discussed and intrinsically linked to major steps in vertebrate evolution and phylogeny—the origin of jaws and the origin of teeth. The discussions include the origins of mineralization of major vertebrate skeletal components such as the dermatocranium, branchial arches and vertebral column. The advances that led to the origin of modern fishes and their phylogenetic development are reviewed and include the evolution of fins and replacement of the bony plates with several types of dermal scales. The evolution of reptiles saw a major transformation of the integument, with the epidermis becoming the protective outermost layer, from which the scales arose, while the dermis lay below it. The biological significance of the newly-evolved β-keratin in reptilian scales, among the toughest natural |
| 出版日期 | Book 2014 |
| 关键词 | collagen; integument; keratin; origin of birds; taphonomy; Model vertebrates |
| 版次 | 1 |
| doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-53748-6 |
| isbn_softcover | 978-3-662-51011-7 |
| isbn_ebook | 978-3-642-53748-6 |
| copyright | Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2014 |
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