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Architecture in Living Structure

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  1. G. A. Zweers
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  2. P. Dullemeijer
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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages 1-3
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  2. Diversity of Functional Morphological Explanation

    • Pieter Dullemeijer
    Pages 5-17

  3. Principles of Self-Generation and Self-Maintenance

    • U. An der Heiden, G. Roth, H. Schwegler
    Pages 19-31

  4. Architecture of Tissue Cells

    • Jürgen Bereiter-Hahn
    Pages 33-42

  5. On the Reconstruction of Phylogenetic Transformations

    • Manfred Grasshoff
    Pages 43-50

  6. Mechanical Constraints Canalizing the Evolutionary Transformation of Tetrapod Limbs

    • Dieter Stefan Peters
    Pages 51-58

  7. The Legs of Ostriches (Struthio) and Moas (Pachyornis)

    • R. McNeill Alexander
    Pages 59-68

  8. Trends in the Functional Morphology and Sensorimotor Control of Feeding Behavior in Salamanders: An Example of the Role of Internal Dynamics in Evolution

    • Gerhard Roth, David B. Wake
    Pages 69-85

  9. Qualitative and Quantitative Explanation of the Forms of Heat Sensitive Organs in Snakes

    • Tjard De Cock Buning
    Pages 87-99

  10. Proportions of the Jaw Mechanism of Cichlid Fishes Chances and Their Meaning

    • E. Otten
    Pages 101-111

  11. Jaw Protrusion, an Optimization of the Feeding Apparatus of Teleosts?

    • J. W. M. Osse
    Pages 113-126

  12. Constructional Morphology: The Analysis of Constraints in Evolution Dedicated to A. Seilacher in Honour of His 60. Birthday

    • Wolf-Ernst Reif, Roger D. K. Thomas, Martin S. Fischer
    Pages 127-142

  13. Greek Classicism in Living Structure? Some Deductive Pathways in Animal Morphology

    • G. A. Zweers
    Pages 143-169

  14. Some Methodological Remarks

    • Tjard De Cock Buning, Bert Otten, Piet Dullemeijer
    Pages 171-181

  15. Errata

    • G. A. Zweers, P. Dullemeijer
    Pages 291-291

  16. Back Matter

    Pages 183-185
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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Architecture in Living Structure

  • Editors: G. A. Zweers, P. Dullemeijer

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-5169-3

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1985

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-247-3240-1Published: 31 October 1985

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-8787-2Published: 20 April 2014

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-5169-3Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IV, 184

  • Topics: Evolutionary Biology, Philosophy of Biology

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