The evolution of the primate hand : anatomical, developmental, functional, and paleontological evidence /: anatomical, developmental, functional, and paleontological evidence. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Tracy L. Kivell, Pierre Lemelin, Brian G. Richmond, Daniel Schmitt, editors.
• Editors: Kivell, Tracy L (Tracy Lynne), 1974-; Lemelin, Pierre; Richmond, Brian G; Schmitt, Daniel
• Contents: Foreword; Contents; Contributors; Chapter 1: Introduction; References; Chapter 2: On Primitiveness, Prehensility, and Opposability of the Primate Hand: The Contributions of Frederic Wood Jones and John Russell Napier; 1 Introduction; 2 Primitiveness of the Primate Hand; 3 Prehensility and Opposability of the Primate Hand; 4 Final Remarks on Contributions by Frederic Wood Jones and John Napier; References; Part I: Anatomical and Developmental Evidence; Chapter 3: The Primate Wrist; 1 Introduction; 2 The Primitive Primate Carpus; 3 Primate Carpal Ossification; 4 General Carpal Function. 5 The Antebrachiocarpal Joint6 Scaphoid-Os Centrale Fusion; 7 The Pisiform: It Is Not a Sesamoid!; 8 Radial Carpometacarpal Joints; 9 The Midcarpal Joints; 10 The Ulnar Carpometacarpal Joints; 11 Conclusions; 12 Future Directions; References; Chapter 4: Morphological Diversity in the Digital Rays of Primate Hands; 1 Introduction; 2 Evolutionary History of Hand Rays; 3 Lengths and Proportions; 4 Metacarpals; 4.1 General Morphology; 4.2 Morphological Diversity; 5 Proximal and Intermediate Phalanges; 5.1 General Morphology; 5.2 Morphological Diversity; 5.3 Phalangeal Curvature. 6 Distal Phalanges6.1 General Morphology; 6.2 Tegula-Bearing Distal Phalanges; 6.3 Morphological Diversity; 7 Future Directions; References; Chapter 5: The Role of Genes and Development in the Evolution of the Primate Hand; 1 Introduction; 2 Overview of Vertebrate Development; 3 Embryonic Patterning of the Limb Skeleton; 3.1 Setting the Stage; 3.1.1 Establishment of Limb Fields; 3.1.2 Limb Identity; 3.1.3 Initiation of Limb Bud Outgrowth; 3.2 Proximodistal Patterning of the Limb; 3.3 Proximodistal Patterning in the Autopod; 3.4 Anteroposterior Patterning in the Autopod; 3.4.1 Thumbness. 3.5 Dorsoventral Patterning of the Autopod4 Postembryonic Growth and Development in the Limb Skeleton; 5 Soft Tissue Patterning in the Vertebrate Limb; 5.1 Limb Muscle Patterning; 5.2 Limb Tendon and Ligament Development; 5.3 Limb Vasculature Development; 5.4 Limb Nerve Development; 5.5 Limb Integumentary Structures; 6 Discussion; 6.1 The Developmental Origin(s) of Limb Phenotypic Variation; 6.2 The Structure of Limb Phenotypic Covariation; 6.3 Covariation with Body Size; 6.4 Covariation within the Forelimb and Hand; 6.5 Covariation Between Fore- and Hind Limb; 7 Future Directions; References. Chapter 6: Organization and Evolution of the Neural Control of the Hand in Primates: Motor Systems, Sensory Feedback, and Laterality1 Introduction; 2 Manual Skill of Primates; 3 Organization of Motor Control Areas in the Central Nervous System and Their Contribution to Hand Movements; 4 Variation Among Primates in the Neural Organization of Hand Representation; 5 Sensory Aspects of the Neural Organization of the Hand; 6 Lateralization in Hand Preference and the Brain; 7 Conclusion; 8 Future Directions; References; Chapter 7: Anatomy, Function, and Evolution of the Primate Hand Musculature.
• Publisher Details: New York : Springer
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (xi, 589 pages), color illustrations
• Subjects: 599.8138; Life sciences; Primates -- Anatomy; Hand -- Growth; Primates -- Physiology; NATURE -- Animals -- Mammals; SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Zoology -- Mammals; Hand -- Growth; Primates -- Anatomy; Primates -- Physiology; Social Science -- Anthropology -- General; Science -- Life Sciences -- Ecology; Anthropology; Animal ecology; Evolution (Biology); Anthropology; Animal ecology; Science -- Life Sciences -- Evolution; Evolution; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781493936465; 1493936468; 1493936441; 9781493936441
• Related ISBNs: 9781493936441
• Notes: Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed August 19, 2016).
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