Comparative Anatomy: Trout Limbs Vs. Other Vertebrates

This course introduces students to the groups of vertebrates and explores the anatomical evolution of vertebrates within the context of the functional. Comparative anatomy is to make a comparative study of the anatomy of an organ in different groups of vertebrates and try to derive the evolutionary significance from it, and to understand. Shape and structural change among groups of organisms (comparative anatomy) or in the development of the individual ( morphogenesis ), and including microscopic as well as. Atlas of comparative vertebrate anatomy. This document was created with prince, a great way of getting web content onto paper.

First segment of the upper limb (stylopod) is horizontal, characteristic of the transverse chiridium (buttressed limbs). By examining the similarities and differences in limb structure and function, scientists gain valuable insights into the evolutionary history and adaptive radiation of vertebrates. The development of limbs in vertebrates follows a conserved genetic blueprint, known as the hox. Examine the salamander skeleton and compare it to the figure of a generalized vertebrate to the right. All tetrapods (vertebrates with four limbs) have two sets of bones called girdles that. Comparative anatomy and developmental biology of vertebrates unit: Skin structure skin or integument covers body, nasal sacs, openings (gut and urinogenital openings). Lab component will have students dissecting selected vertebrate organisms and experimentally determining the physical forces acting on the evolution of vertebrates.