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Skeletal biology encompasses many different approaches and contexts that have one or more aspects of vertebrate skeletons as their basis. This volume emphasizes establishment of the skeleton and regulation of skeletal development in mammals (mostly mouse) and birds (mostly chick). Within that context, the approach is integrative rather than comparative, molecular rather than morphological, and genetic rather than epigenetic...The chapters fulfill the editor's intention to provide a book that meets the expectations of specialists and surveys the field for newcomers who want an entree into avian or mammalian model systems. The Quarterly Review of Biology
[This] book provides a wealth of useful and up-to-date information written by leading investigators who are at the forefront of the field. It is particularly thorough in its coverage of skeletal patterning and skeletal cell differentiation...[It] will be a useful addition to the bookshelves of all those interested in skeletal biology. Cell