Ontogeny and Phylogeny of the Vertebrate Heart

Chapter 1. Comparative evolution and design in non-vertebrate cardiovascular systems
B.R. McMahon
Chapter 2. The teleost heart: A morphological approach
José M. Icardo
Chapter 3. Fish Heart Growth and Function: From Gross Morphology to Cell Signalling and Back
B. Tota and F. Garofalo
Chapter 4. A perspective on the evolution of the coronary circulation in fishes and the transition to terrestrial life
A.P. Farrell, N.D. Farrell, H. Jourdan and G. Cox
Chapter 5. The sarcoplasmatic reticulum in the vertebrate heart
Gina L J Galli and Holly A Shiels
Chapter 6. Evolution of the regulatory control of the vertebrate heart: the role of the contractile proteins
Todd E. Gillis
Chapter 7. Ontogenesis of myocardial function
David Sedmera, and Bohuslav Ostadal
Chapter 8. Basic Cardiac Development: The heart and its electrical components
L.Y.E. Wong, A.F. Moorman, and P. Barnett
Chapter 9. The Functional Significance of the Reptilian Heart: New Insights into an Old Question
James W. Hicks, and Tobias Wang