Flatfish Metamorphosis

By Baolong Bao

Book Overview

This book provides a comprehensive discussion of the development and evolution of flatfish metamorphosis. The chapters use the tissue model to explain a series of metamorphic events， including eye migration, front bone deformation, dorsal fin elongation and regression, and body depth change, left/right asymmetrical pigmentation, give a hypothesis on the mechanism of eye migration, and the evolutionary origin of left/right eye asymmetry.

The book is written by expert who has worked on flatfish metamorphosis over 20 years. It serves as a valuable reference for graduate students and researchers in related fields

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9811978611
• ISBN13: 9789811978616
• Release Date: January 2024
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"