Flatfish Metamorphosis

by Baolong Bao

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.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9811978581
• ISBN13: 9789811978586
• Release Date: January 2023
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"