Web Links
6. Fossil form and function
Read more about species at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Species
and fossil species at:
http://www.mun.ca/biology/scarr/Evolutionary_vs_Chronospecies.htm
Read about development at:
http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evosite/evo101/IIIC6Development.shtml
and some evo-devo themes at:
http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/article/0_0_0/evodevo_01
You can find a general introduction to biomechanics at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biomechanics
and essays about biomechanics of living animals at:
http://biomechanics.bio.uci.edu/_html/CV/cv_popular.htm
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Read more about allometry in the Irish deer, and see color illustrations, at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_Irish_deer
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/mammal/artio/irishelk.html
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Read more about Hox genes and limb bud development at:
http://www.press.uchicago.edu/books/gee/shubin2.html
http://7e.devbio.com/article.php?ch=16&id=251
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Read about finite element analysis at:
http://www.sv.vt.edu/classes/MSE2094_NoteBook/97ClassProj/num/widas/history.html
and Emily Rayfield’s work at:
http://www.simpleware.co.uk/news/press/20050315.php.
Figure 6.13
Read more about the locomotion of Tyrannosaurus rex, and see the movies, at:
http://www.rvc.ac.uk/AboutUs/Staff/jhutchinson/ResearchInterests/beyond/Index.cfm.
