Architecture in Living Structure

Front Matter....Pages 1-3
Diversity of Functional Morphological Explanation....Pages 5-17
Principles of Self-Generation and Self-Maintenance....Pages 19-31
Architecture of Tissue Cells....Pages 33-42
On the Reconstruction of Phylogenetic Transformations....Pages 43-50
Mechanical Constraints Canalizing the Evolutionary Transformation of Tetrapod Limbs....Pages 51-58
The Legs of Ostriches ( Struthio ) and Moas ( Pachyornis )....Pages 59-68
Trends in the Functional Morphology and Sensorimotor Control of Feeding Behavior in Salamanders: An Example of the Role of Internal Dynamics in Evolution....Pages 69-85
Qualitative and Quantitative Explanation of the Forms of Heat Sensitive Organs in Snakes....Pages 87-99
Proportions of the Jaw Mechanism of Cichlid Fishes Chances and Their Meaning....Pages 101-111
Jaw Protrusion, an Optimization of the Feeding Apparatus of Teleosts?....Pages 113-126
Constructional Morphology: The Analysis of Constraints in Evolution Dedicated to A. Seilacher in Honour of His 60. Birthday....Pages 127-142
Greek Classicism in Living Structure? Some Deductive Pathways in Animal Morphology....Pages 143-169
Some Methodological Remarks....Pages 171-181
Errata....Pages 291-291
Back Matter....Pages 183-185