Bones and Cartilage: Developmental and Evolutionary Skeletal Biology

by Brian K. Hall

Book Overview

Bones and Cartilage provides the most in-depth review ever assembled on the topic. It examines the function, development and evolution of bone and cartilage as tissues, organs and skeletal systems. It describes how bone and cartilage is developed in embryos and are maintained in adults, how bone reappears when we break a leg, or even regenerates when a newt grows a new limb, or a lizard a tail. This book also looks at the molecules and cells...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0123190606
• ISBN13: 9780123190604
• Release Date: August 2005
• Publisher: Academic Press
• Length: 792 Pages
• Weight: 5.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 8.6" x 10.9"