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Autore |
Hall Brian Keith <1941-> |
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Titolo |
Bones and cartilage [[electronic resource] ] : developmental and evolutionary skeletal biology / / Brian K. Hall |
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Australia ; ; San Diego, Calif., : Elsevier Academic Press, c2005 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-64135-5 |
9786610641352 |
0-08-045415-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (789 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Bone |
Bones - Physiology |
Bones - Growth |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [559]-736) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Bones and Cartilage: Developmental and Evolutionary Skeletal Biology |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 that make bones and cartilages and how they differ in various parts of the body and across species. It answers such questions as "Is bone a |
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